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Subfamily of lizards

Scincinae
Scincus scincus male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. 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.

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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