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Lord Howe Island skink
Cyclodina - Girard, 1858

Pronunciation: SY-klo-DEE-nah
Etymology: 'little Cyclodus', after another genus of skink

Taxonomic notes:

Notes:
Statistics: Reproductive modes:
Oviparous - 1 out of 1 Australian species

Size range:
Smallest Australian species: Lord Howe Island skink (Cyclodina lichenigera) at 8 cm
 Longest Australian species: Lord Howe Island skink (Cyclodina lichenigera) at 8 cm
Number of Australian species: 1
 

Lord Howe Island skink (Cyclodina lichenigera)
Lord Howe Island
Photo © Mark Sanders
Lord Howe Island skink (Cyclodina lichenigera) distribution range map Cyclodina lichenigera
Lord Howe Island skink
Year described
(O'Shaughnessy 1874)
Description

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