Cyclodomorphus branchialis (GÜNTHER, 1867)

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Higher Taxa	Scincidae, Egerniinae (Tiliquini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Common Slender Bluetongue, Gunther's Skink
Synonym	Hinulia branchialis GÜNTHER 1867: 47 Lygosoma gastrostigma BOULENGER 1898: 918 Lygosoma (Homolepida) woodjonesii PROCTER 1923 Tiliqua branchiale — SMITH 1937: 233 Tiliqua wood-jonesii — SMITH 1937: 233 Tiliqua gastrostigma — SMITH 1937: 233 Tiliqua gastrostigma — GLAUERT 1960: 70 Tiliqua gastrostigma — GLAUERT 1960: 70 Tiliqua branchialis — FORD 1963 Omolepida branchialis — STORR 1976 Tiliqua branchialis — COGGER 1983: 189 Cyclodomorphus branchialis — SHEA & MILLER 1995 Cyclodomorphus branchialis — COGGER 2000: 452 Cyclodomorphus branchialis — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Distribution	Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia; Tasmania [fide SMITH 1937]) Type locality: Champion Bay, W. A.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.19.48. Designation by Wells & Wellington (1985). Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.9.87, from Sherlock River, Nickol Bay, W. A. [Lygosoma gastrostigma] Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.17.97-99 (3 adults and 2 embryos), from St. Francis Is., S. A. [Lygosoma (Homolepida) woodjonesii]
Diagnosis
Comment	Synonymy partly after COGGER 1983. Lygosoma melanops STIRLING & ZIETZ 1893 and Lygosoma (Homolepida) branchiale elongatum WERNER 1910 have been synonymized with Cyclodomorphus branchialis by COGGER 1983 (who used the name Tiliqua branchialis).
Etymology	Presumably named after the Greek branchos (gill), referring to the gill-like markings on the side of the neck. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1898. Third report on additions to the lizard collection in the Natural History Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1898: 912-923. - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Couper, P., Covacevich, J., Amey, A. & Baker, A. 2006. The genera of skinks (Family Scincidae) of Australia and its island territories: diversity, distribution and identification. in: Merrick, J.R., Archer, M., Hickey, G.M. & Lee, M.S.Y. (eds.). Evolution and Zoogeography of Australasian Vertebrates. Australian Scientific Publishing, Sydney, pp. 367-384 Ford, J. 1963. The Reptilian Fauna of the Islands between Dongara and Lancelin, Western Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 8 (6): 135-142 - get paper here Glauert, L. 1960. Herpetological miscellanea. XII. The family Scincidae in Western Australia. Pt. 1. The genera Tiliqua, Trachysaurus and Egernia. Western Australian Naturalist 7 (3): 67-77 - get paper here Günther, A. 1867. Additions to the knowledge of Australian reptiles and fishes. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20: 45-57 - get paper here Mitchell, F. J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Rec. South Austral. Mus. 9: 275-308 - get paper here Procter, J. B. 1923. The flora and fauna of Nuyts Archipelago and the Investigator group. 5. The lizards. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 47: 79-81 Shea G M. & Miller B. 1995. A taxonomic revision of the Cyclodomorphus branchialis species group (Squamata: Scincidae). Rec. Austral. Mus. 47 (3): 265-325. - get paper here Shea, Glenn M.;Wells, R. 1984. New records of a skink and a gecko from western New South Wales. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 15 (1-2): 1-4 Smith, M.A. 1937. A review of the genus Lygosoma (Scincidae: Reptilia) and its allies. Records of the Indian Museum 39 (3): 213-234 Storr, G. M. 1976. The genus Omolepida (Lacertilia, Scincidae) in Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 4: 163-170 - get paper here Storr, G. M.; L. A. Smith, and R. E. Johnstone 1999. Lizards of Western Australia. I. Skinks. Revised Edition. Western Australian Museum Warburg, M. R. 1965. Studies on the environmental physiology of some Australian lizards from sand and semiarid habitats. Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 563-575 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/scincidae.pdf http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Taxon.php?Genus=50&Species=269 http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/skinks/skinks.htm http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/reptiles/squamata/serpentes/elapidae… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Scincidae/Cyclodomorphus… https://zoobank.org/10BF67E1-8059-47CE-891C-B219BD7AA9C1 http://www.gernot-vogel.de/test/index.php?target=dixonius_hangseesom Google images

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