Egerniinae

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Egerniinae
Cyclodomorphus praealtus.jpg
Cyclodomorphus praealtus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Egerniinae

Egerniinae is a subfamily of lizards, commonly called social skinks, within the family Scincidae. [1] The genera in this subfamily were previously considered to belong to the Egernia group in the large subfamily Lygosominae. [2]

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Genera

The subfamily Egerniinae contains 63 species in 8 genera. [1]

ImageGenusSpecies
Major Skink (Egernia frerei) (9951680974).jpg Bellatorias
Wells & Wellington, 1984
Corucia zebrata 01.JPG Corucia
Gray, 1855
Mainland She-oak Skink (Cyclodomorphus michaeli) (8397228981).jpg Cyclodomorphus
Fitzinger, 1843
23 mars (20) Egernia napoleonis.JPG Egernia
Gray, 1832
White's Skink, NSW.jpg Liopholis
Fitzinger, 1843
Juvenile Swamp Skink (Lissolepis coventryi) (8909191471).jpg Lissolepis
W. Peters, 1872
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides.jpg Tiliqua
Gray, 1825
Red-Eyed Crocodile Skink.jpg Tribolonotus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839

References

  1. 1 2 Uetz, P.; et al. (eds.). "Egerniinae". The Reptile Database . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011. PMID   16473026.