Cyclodomorphus casuarinae

Cyclodomorphus casuarinae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Egerniinae
Genus: Cyclodomorphus
Species: Cyclodomorphus casuarinae

Name

Cyclodomorphus casuarinae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.7131.
• Type locality: “Nouvelle Hollande”.

Combinations

• Cyclodus casuarinae Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 749 [original combination]
• Omolepida casuarinae — Gray, 1845: 89 [subsequent combination]
• Tiliqua casuarinae — Smith, 1937: 233 [subsequent combination]
• Cyclodomorphus casuarinae — Wells & Wellington, 1985 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Hemisphaeriodon tasmanicum Frost & Lucas, 1894: 227 [synonymised by Lucas & Frost (1896: 283)]
  • Lectotype: NMV D2087, collected by C. Frost, date unknown. [designated by Shea (1995: 94)]
  • Type locality: “About Lake St. Clair, Tasmania”.
  • Paralectotype: AM R4142, collected by B. Spencer, date unknown, from “Lake St. Clair”.

References

Primary references

• Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. VIII + 854 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Frost, C. & Lucas, A.H.S. 1894. A new skink lizard from Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Second Series 8: 227–228. BHL Reference page. 
• Lucas, A.H.S. & Frost, C. 1896. Descriptions of a New Species of Ablepharus from Victoria : with Critical Notes on two other Australian Lizards. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21(Part III): 281–283. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Cyclodomorphus casuarinae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 August 2022.
• Michael, D., Robertson, P., Chapple, D.C, Clemann, N. & Wapstra, E. 2018. IUCN: Cyclodomorphus casuarinae  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T109465006A109465017. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109465006A109465017.en. Accessed on 13 August 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: She-oak Slender Bluetongue

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