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, commonly called skinks. The systematics is at times controversial. The group may be paraphyletic.[1] It is one of seven subfamilies of the family Scincidae, the other six being Acontinae, Egerniinae, Eugongylinae, Lygosominae, Mabuyinae, and Sphenomorphinae.

Genera

The subfamily Scincinae contains the following 36 genera, of which seven are monotypic.[2]

References

  1. ^ Zheng, Yuchi; Wiens, John J. (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.