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Lizards (Sauria)    Genera Ablepharus Eurasian Snake-eyed Skinks Acontias Greater Legless Skinks Acritoscincus Cool-Skinks Alinea Caribbean Stripeless Skinks Alpinoscincus Papuan Alpine Skinks Amphiglossus Fine-scaled Short-legged Skinks Anepischetosia Highland Elf Skink Anomalopus East Australian Worm Skinks Apterygodon Bornean Striped Tree Skink Aspronema South American White-striped Skinks Ateuchosaurus East Asian Short-legged Skinks Austroablepharus Grassland Striped Skinks Barkudia Indian Limbless Skinks Bellatorias Papua-Australian Giant Skinks Brachymeles Indo-Malayan Slender Skinks Brasiliscincus Brazilian Small-headed Skinks Caesoris Blue-mouthed Skink Caledoniscincus New Caledonian Leaf-litter Skinks Calorodius Thornton Peak Skink Calyptotis Dwarf Woodland Skinks Capitellum Antillean Small-headed Skinks Carlia Australian-Pacific Rainbow Skinks Celatiscincus Pale-hipped Skinks Chalcides Cylindrical Skinks Chalcidoseps Knuckles Four-toed Skink Chioninia Cape Verde Skinks Coeranoscincus Snake-toothed Skinks Coggeria Fraser Island Sand Skink Concinnia Bar-sided Forest Skinks Copeoglossum Neotropical Spotted Skinks Cophoscincopus West African Keeled Water Skinks Corucia Solomon Islands Prehensile-tailed Skink Cryptoblepharus Indo-Pacific Snake-eyed Skinks Ctenotus Australian Comb-eared Skinks Cyclodomorphus Slender Blue-tongued Skinks, etc. Dasia Indo-Malayan Tree Skinks Dravidoseps Indian Leaf-litter Skinks Egernia Australian Greater Skinks Emoia Emo Skinks Epibator New Caledonian Tree Skinks Eremiascincus Glossy Night Skinks and Sand Swimmers Eroticoscincus Australian Elf Skink Eugongylus Short-legged Giant Skinks Eulamprus Australian Water Skinks Eumeces Afro-Asian Long-legged Skinks Eumecia East African Short-legged Skinks Eurylepis Asian Mole Skinks Eutropis South Asian Sun Skinks Exila Amazonian Gracile Skink Feylinia African Snake Skinks Flexiseps Madagascar Cylindrical Skinks Fojia Papuan Forest Stream Skink Geomyersia Dwarf Flat Skinks Geoscincus New Caledonian Ground Skink Glaphyromorphus Short-legged Mulch Skinks Gongylomorphus Slit-eared Skinks Graciliscincus Gracile Burrowing Skink Grandidierina South Madagascar Blind Sand Sliders Haackgreerius Somali Blind Sand Slider Hakaria Socotra Slender Skink Harrisoniascincus Beech Skink Hemiergis Earless Mulch Skinks Heremites Western Palearctic Grass Skinks Insulasaurus Island Forest Skinks Isopachys Oriental Snake Skinks Janetaescincus Seychelles Four-toed Burrowing Skinks Jarujinia Ratchaburi Two-legged Skink Kaestlea Indian Ground Skinks Kanakysaurus New Caledonian Forest Skinks Kuniesaurus White-eared Skink Lacertaspis Central African Leaf-litter Skinks Lacertoides New Caledonian Leopard Skink Lamprolepis Malay Archipelago Tree Skinks Lampropholis Australian Sun Skinks Lankascincus Lanka Skinks Larutia Malay Slender Forest Skinks Leiolopisma Indo-Pacific Ground Skinks Leptoseps Four-toed Slender Skinks Leptosiaphos Slender Leaf-litter Skinks Lerista Sliders Liburnascincus Four-fingered Rock Skinks Liopholis Australian Desert and Rock Skinks Lioscincus New Caledonian Smooth Skinks Lipinia Indo-Pacific Striped Skinks Lissolepis Swamp Skinks Lobulia Papuan Comb-eared Skinks Lubuya Benguela White-lined Skink Lygisaurus Sahul Leaf-litter Skinks Lygosoma Southeast Asian Writhing Skinks Mabuya Antillean Two-lined Skinks Madascincus Madagascar Short-legged Skinks Manciola South American Small-handed Skink Maracaiba Maracaibo Skinks Marisora Middle American Skinks Marmorosphax Marble-throated Skinks Melanoseps Black Limbless Skinks Menetia Australian Dwarf Skinks Mesomycterus Madagascar Short-legged Skinks Mesoscincus Central American Giant Skinks Mochlus African Supple Skinks Morethia Australian Striped Snake-eyed Skinks Nannoscincus New Caledonian Elf Skinks Neopalaia Papuan Mountain Striped Skink Nessia Singalese Skinks Niveoscincus Snow Skinks Notomabuya Southern Neotropical Skink Notoscincus Glossy Soil-crevice Skinks Nubeoscincus Papuan Glacier Skinks Oligosoma New Zealand Lesser Skinks Ophiomorus South West Asian Snake Skinks Ophioscincus Australian Snake Skinks Ornithuroscincus Smooth-eared Skinks Orosaura Venezuelan Cloud Forest Skink Otosaurus Philippine Eared Skink Pamelaescincus Seychelles Speckled Lowland Skink Panaspis African Snake-eyed Skinks Panopa Venezuelan Blue-tailed Skinks Papuascincus Papuan Slender Skinks Paracontias Madagascar Legless Skinks Paralipinia Buon Luoi Tree Skink Parvoscincus Philippine Dwarf Forest Skinks Phaeoscincus New Caledonian Brown Skinks Phasmasaurus Maquis Skinks Phoboscincus New Caledonian Giant Skinks Pinoyscincus Philippine Forest Skinks Plestiodon Blue-tailed Skinks Praeteropus Queensland Worm Skinks Prasinohaema Green Tree Skinks Proablepharus Slender Soil-crevice Skinks Proscelotes African Slender Skinks Protoblepharus East Himalayan Mountain Skinks Pseudemoia Australian Grass Skinks Pseudoacontias Madagascar Small-eyed Sliders Psychosaura Brazilian Sharp-nosed Skinks Pygmaeascincus Australian Pygmy Skinks Pygomeles Madagascar Shovel-nosed Sand Sliders Riopa Asian Gracile Skinks Ristella Cat Skinks Saiphos Yellow-bellied Three-toed Skink Saproscincus Shade Skinks Scelotes Dwarf Burrowing Skinks Scincella South Asian and American Ground Skinks Scincopus Tiger Skinks Scincus Sand Fish Scolecoseps East African Sand Skinks Sepsina Savannah Burrowing Skinks Sepsiscus Cape York Worm Skink Sepsophis Blunt-tailed Burrowing Skink Sigaloseps New Caledonian Shiny Skinks Silvascincus Australian Speckled Forest Skinks Simiscincus Orange-bellied Burrowing Skink Sphenomorphus Indo-Pacific Forest Skinks Spondylurus Antillean Four-lined Skinks Subdoluseps Asian Agile Skinks Tachygyia (extinct) Tonga Ground Skink Techmarscincus Mount Bartle Frere Cool-Skink Tiliqua Blue-tongued Skinks Toenayar Nine-keeled Sun Skink Trachylepis African-American Grass and Forest Skinks Tribolonotus Casque-headed Skinks Tropidophorus Stream Skinks Tropidoscincus Whip-tailed Skinks Tumbunascincus Orange-speckled Forest Skink Typhlacontias Western Burrowing Skinks Typhlosaurus Blind Legless Skinks Tytthoscincus Dwarf Leaf-litter Skinks Varzea Amazonian Floodplain Skinks Vietnascincus Vietnamese Rough-scaled Tree Skink Voeltzkowia North Madagascar Blind Sand Sliders

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: August 14th, 2024. Biodiversity of the family Scincidae Bibliography of the family Scincidae Scincidae Skinks Skinke, Glattechsen     Skinker Contents: Endemicity: 168 genera of which 90 (53.6%) are endemic   0% 100% 1,782 species of which 1,416 (79.5%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: Hedges & Conn (2012) suggested splitting the skinks into 7 different families: Acontidae, Egerniidae, Eugongylidae, Lygosomidae, Mabuyidae, Scincidae, and Sphenomorphidae, several of which were previously considered subfamilies, and the first author subsequently named two more families, Ateuchosauridae and Ristellidae (Hedges 2014). In contrast, Pyron & al. (2013) retained traditional taxonomy with a single skink family, Scincidae, but recognized only three different subfamilies (Acontinae, Lygosominae, Scincinae). Until consensus has been established among taxonomists, the family Scincidae is retained herein in its traditional sense, pending further studies, including a complete analysis of all known genera. Distribution:  Almost cosmopolitan, but absent from northernmost and southernmost regions. Reported from: Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Clipperton, Colombia, Comoro Islands, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Easter Island, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Europa Island, Fiji, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Glorioso Islands, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Howland & Baker, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Johnston, Jordan, Juan de Nova, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Midway Islands, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea, North Macedonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain (incl. Canary Islands), Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, U.S. Virgin Islands, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wake, Wallis & Futuna, Western Sahara, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.