Alpine she-oak slender bluetongue | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Cyclodomorphus |
Species: | C. praealtus |
Binomial name | |
Cyclodomorphus praealtus Shea, 1995 | |
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