The she-oak skink (''Cyclodomorphus casuarinae'') is a large (up to about 30 cm total length), long-tailed (over 60% of body length), snake-like

skink Skinks are a type of lizard belonging to the family (biology), family Scincidae, a family in the Taxonomic rank, infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one o ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Tasmania Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. It is

viviparous In animals, viviparity is development of the embryo inside the body of the mother, with the maternal circulation providing for the metabolic needs of the embryo's development, until the mother gives birth to a fully or partially developed juve ...

; mating in spring, and giving birth in latest summer. It is related to the more robust

blue-tongued skink Blue-tongued skinks comprise the Australasian genus ''Tiliqua'', which contains some of the largest members of the skink family (biology), family (Scincidae). They are commonly called blue-tongued lizards or simply blue-tongues or blueys in Aust ...

, of the

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

'' Tiliqua'', and was previously known as ''Tiliqua casuarinae''.TPWS: Wildlife Management – She-oak Skink
/ref>Cogger, H.G. (1979). ''Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia''. Reed: Sydney.

References

Reptiles of Tasmania Skinks of Australia Cyclodomorphus Reptiles described in 1839 Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron {{skink-stub