Alpine she-oak slender bluetongue

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

The alpine she-oak slender bluetongue or alpine she-oak skink (Cyclodomorphus praealtus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian Alps. [2]

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References

  1. Clemann, N.; Melville, J.; Hutchinson, M.; Robertson, P.; Gillespie, G.; Michael, D. (2018). "Cyclodomorphus praealtus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T109465196A109465226. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T109465196A109465226.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Cyclodomorphus praealtus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 January 2020.