AROD > Reptiles / Squamata / Scincidae / Cyclodomorphus
Pink-tongued/slender blue-tongued skinks
Cyclodomorphus
- Fitzinger, 1843
Pronunciation: | sy-klo-doh-MORF-uss | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Etymology: | 'Cyclodus-form', after another genus of skink. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic notes: |
The pink-tongued skink (Cyclodomorphus gerrardii) has previously been placed in the monotypic genus Hemisphaeriodon and the blue-tongue skink genus Tiliqua. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Statistics: |
Reproductive modes:
Live-bearing - 9 out of 9 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: gilled slender blue-tongue (Cyclodomorphus branchialis) at 8.8 cm Longest Australian species: giant slender blue-tongue (Cyclodomorphus maximus) at 23.1 cm |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of Australian species: | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|