Summary ²

The pink-tongued skink (Cyclodomorphus gerrardii) is a genus of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Australia. In Australia C. gerrardii is called commonly the pink-tongued lizard. As suggested by these common names, its distinguishing characteristic is a pink tongue as opposed to the blue tongue of the closely related genus Tiliqua.

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1. (c) Kevin Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kevin Long
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclodomorphus_gerrardii

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• iNaturalistAU taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• The Reptile Database
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