#cyclodomorphus

[herpsandbirds]

Mainland She Oak Skink (Cyclodomorphus michaeli), mother with pups, family Scincidae, eastern Australia

photograph by Ken Griffiths

[herpsandbirds]

Pink-tongued Skink (Cyclodomorphus gerrardii), family Scincidae, near Paluma, QLD, Australia

photograph by Stephen Zozaya

[herpsandbirds]

Mainland She Oak Skink (Cyclodomorphus michaeli), juveniles, family Scincidae, Sydney, Australia

photograph by Brother-Nature

[herpsandbirds]

Mainland She-oak Skink (Cyclodomorphus michaeli), East Gippsland, VIC, Australia

Photograph by Matt

[rapidsnakeremoval]

Nine new species of skink have been named in this paper published on 6 May 2025.

They are all she oak skinks or similar and all are from Australia. This is a major publication on Australian reptiles.

The genus is Cyclodomorphus sensu lato.

Here it is busted up five ways and two names are new to science.

Details at: https://www.smuggled.com/AJH-I75-Split.htm