The she-oak skink (''Cyclodomorphus casuarinae'') is a large, long-tailed, snake-like

skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found elsew ...

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

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viviparous Among animals, viviparity is development of the embryo inside the body of the parent. This is opposed to oviparity which is a reproductive mode in which females lay developing eggs that complete their development and hatch externally from the m ...

; mating in spring, and giving birth in latest summer.TPWS: Wildlife of Tasmania – 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