Scincinae

Scincinae
Scincus scincus male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Scincinae Gray, 1825

Scincinae is a subfamily of lizards. The subfamily contains 33 genera, and the genera contain a combined total of 284 species, commonly called skinks. The systematics is at times controversial. The group is probably paraphyletic. ^[1] It is one of three subfamilies of the family Scincidae, the other two being Acontinae and Lygosominae.

Genera

The subfamily Scincinae contains the following 35 genera, of which seven are monotypic. ^[2]

• Amphiglossus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (2 species)
• Ateuchosaurus Gray, 1845 (2 species)
• Barkudia Annandale, 1917 (2 species)
• Brachymeles A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (42 species)
• Brachyseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou, & Vences, 2016 (8 species)
• Chalcides Laurenti, 1768 (32 species)
• Chalcidoceps Boulenger, 1887 (monotypic)
• Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834 (6 species)
• Eurylepis Blyth, 1854 (2 species)
• Feylinia Gray, 1845 (6 species)
• Flexiseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou, & Vences, 2016 (15 species)
• Gongylomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 (monotypic)
• Grandidierina Mocquard, 1894 (4 species)
• Hakaria Steindachner, 1899 (monotypic)
• Janetaescincus Greer, 1970 (2 species)
• Jarujinia Chan-ard, Makchai & Cota, 2011 (monotypic)
• Madascincus Brygoo, 1982 (12 species)
• Melanoseps Boulenger, 1887 (8 species)
• Mesoscincus Griffith, Ngo & Murphy, 2000 (3 species)
• Nessia Gray, 1839 (9 species)
• Ophiomorus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (12 species)
• Pamelaescincus Greer, 1970 (monotypic)
• Paracontias Mocquard, 1894 (14 species)
• Plestiodon A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (50 species)
• Proscelotes de Witte & Laurent, 1943 (3 species)
• Pseudoacontias Bocage, 1889 (4 species)
• Pygomeles Grandidier, 1867 (3 species)
• Scelotes Fitzinger, 1826 (22 species)
• Scincopus W. Peters, 1864 (monotypic)
• Scincus Laurenti, 1768 (5 species)
• Scolecoseps Loveridge, 1920 (4 species)
• Sepsina Bocage, 1866 (5 species)
• Sepsophis Beddome, 1870 (monotypic)
• Typhlacontias Bocage, 1873 (7 species)
• Voeltzkowia Boettger, 1893 (3 species)

References

1. Y, Zheng; Jj, Wiens (January 2016). "Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on 52 genes and 4162 species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94 (Pt B): 537–547. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.009. ISSN   1095-9513. PMID   26475614.
2. Uetz, P.; et al. (eds.). "Scincinae". The Reptile Database . Retrieved 10 October 2019.

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