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Scincidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Scincidae
Family recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Scincidae
Family recognized by Barcode of Life Data Systems, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia AST, GBIF classification, wikipedia AF, Wikidata, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Wikimedia Commons, TreatmentBank, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank
Scincidae
Species recognized by Protists in Singapore
Scincidae
Recognized by iNaturalist, Iran Species List, Turkmenistan, Timor Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, South Africa Species List, South Korea Species List, South Sudan Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Swaziland Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkey Species List, Uganda Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Uruguay Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Taiwan Species List, New Caledonia Species List, Savu Sea Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Niue, Palau Species List, Palestine Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Paraguay Species List, Peru Species List, S o Tom and Pr ncipe Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Portugal Species List, Republic of the Congo, Romania Species List, Samoa Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Rwanda Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, Iraq Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Jordan Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kiribati Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mali Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritania Species List, Mauritius Species List, Laos Species List, Lebanon Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Libya Species List, Mexico Species List, Morocco Species List, Mozambique Species List, Myanmar Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, Hungary Species List, Guatemala Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Fiji Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Ecuador Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Bermuda Species List, Botswana Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Dominica Species List, Cyprus Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Chile Species List, Colombia Species List, Comoros Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Algeria Species List, Angola Species List, Armenia Species List, Argentina Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Australia Species List, IUCN Structured Data, Cape Verde Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Djibouti Species List, Guinea Species List, India Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Pitcairn Henderson Ducie and Oeno Islands, Nauru Species List, Namibia Species List, AnAge, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology DwCA, Syria Species List, Barry Armstead Photography, ALA, Wildfinder (WWF), Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Egypt Species List, OBIS environmental data records, Cape Verde Species List, Grenada Species List, NMNH Herpetology in DwC A, Dynamic Hierarchy Synonyms, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Malta Species List, Bolivia Species List, Furui 2020, Gabon Species List, Panama Species List, United States Species List, and Flickr Group
Scincidae Gray 1825
Family recognized by TreatmentBank
Scincidae Oppel 1811
Family recognized by TreatmentBank

Alternative Names

? cooki Estes, 1964
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? minimus Holman, 1976
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ablepharus Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent 1833
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ablepharus Brandtii
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acontias Cuvier 1817
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acontophiops Sternfeld 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Acritoscincus Wells & Wellington 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Adrasteiascincus Wells 2010
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Alcisius Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Allodactylus Lataste & Rochebrune 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Androngo Brygoo 1982
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anisoterma Duméril 1856
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anotis Bavay 1869
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aphroditia Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Apterygodon Edeling 1864
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aspris Blyth 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aulacoplax Brown & Fehlmann 1958
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bartleia Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin 1990
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Becklesisaurus Hoffstetter 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Blepharosteres Stoliczka 1872
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Brachystopus Duméril & Bibron 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Campsodactylus Duméril & Bibron 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cautula Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin 1990
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chabanaudia de Witte 1943
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chalcides Linnaeus 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chelomeles Duméril & Bibron 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chiamela Gray 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Coloscincus Peters 1876
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cybelia Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cyclodina Girard 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cyclodus Wagler 1828
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dasamia Horton 1973
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Davewakeum Heyer 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Didosaurus Günther 1877
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Edenia Wells 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Elania Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Emoa Girard 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Enoplosaurus Sauvage 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Estescincosaurus Sullivan 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eulepis Fitzinger 1843
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eusoma Fitzinger 1843
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Evesia Gray 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Fitzsimonsia de Witte 1943
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gaia Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Girardiscincus Wells & Wellington 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Goldneyia Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Gongylus Wagler 1830
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hagria Gray 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hemipodion Steindachner 1867
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hemisphaeriodon Peters 1867
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Herinia Gray 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Herpetoseps Boulenger 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Heteromeles Duméril & Bibron 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Heteropus Fitzinger 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Himalblepharus Jeriomtschenko 1987
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hinulia Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hombronia Girard 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ictiscincus Smith 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kanakysauru Sadlier, Whitaker, Bauer & Smith 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Karma Wells 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Keneuxia Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Krishna Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lamprosaurus Hallowell 1852
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leiolpisma Dumeril & Bibron 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Liosoma Fitzinger 1843
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lissonota Blyth 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lithophilus Smith 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lokisaurus Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lubuya Horton 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lygosaurus Hallowell 1860
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lygosoma Mehelyi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Lygosomella Girard 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Macroscincus Barboza du Bocage 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Magmellia Wells 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Malacontias Greer 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Marrunisauria Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Microacontias Daniels, Heideman, Hendricks & Crandall 2006
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Miculia Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Minervascincus Wells & Wellington 1983
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mocoa Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Myophila De Vis 1884
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neoseps Stejneger 1910
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nodorha Mittleman 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Novoeumeces Griffith, Ngo & Murphy 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Omolepida Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parachalcides Boulenger 1899
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paralipinia Darevsky & Orlov 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Parotosaurus Boulenger 1914
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pediporus Roux 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pedorychus Wiegmann 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Peromelis Wagler 1830
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Perretia Broadley 1989
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pholeophilus Smith 1849
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Podophis Wiegmann 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Praepeditus Duméril & Bibron 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudacontias Hewitt 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rachites Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhiannodon Wells 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhodona Gray 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Riopa Gray 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Robbisaurus Wells & Wellington 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ronia Gray 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sauroscincus Peters 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Scincidae
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, AnAge articles, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, TreatmentBank, and TreatmentBank
Senira Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sepacontias Günther 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sepomorphus Peters 1861
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Serenitas Wells 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sirenoscincus Sakata & Hikida 2003
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Soridia Gray 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Spectrascincus Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphenocephalus Blyth 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphenocephalus Fitzinger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphenops Wagler 1830
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphenorhina Hallowell 1857
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphenoscincus Peters 1875
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Sphenosoma Fitzinger 1843
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Squamicilia Mittleman 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Theconyx Annandale 1906
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Thyrus Gray 1845
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Trachydosaurus Gray 1825
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tridactylus Cuvier 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tropidolepisma Peters 1844
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tropidolopisma Duméril & Bibron 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tropidophorus Duméril & Bibron 1839
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tychismia Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Typhline Wiegmann 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Typhlophthalmus Rochebrune 1884
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Typhloseps Angel 1920
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Vermiseps Greer & Cogger 1985
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Wondjinia Wells 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zonurus Merrem 1820
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Zygnopsis Blanford 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

skinks preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
skink
prefer
Recognized by PBDB in DwCA

Arabic

سقنقورية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Armenian

սցինկներ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Uzunayaqlar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

сцынкавыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

сцинкови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

Escíncid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

石龍子科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
石龙子科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

scinkovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

skinken preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Esperanto

Skinkedoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

skinkit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Galician

Escíncidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

სცინკისებრნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Skinke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

חומטיים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

Vakondgyíkfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Indonesian

Skink preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

Scinc preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

トカゲ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata

Kabyle

Tizelmay preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kazakh

Сцинк preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Korean

도마뱀과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

Skinke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Scinkai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Macedonian

скинкови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malay

Mengkarung preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malayalam

അരണ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Naʼashǫ́ʼiilkǫǫhí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

North Frisian

Echt skinks preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Norwegian

skinker preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

سقنقور preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Scynkowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

сцинковые preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Scots

skink preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swahili

Mjusi-islam preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Skinkar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tamil

அரணை preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Telugu

skin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Thai

จิ้งเหลน preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

сцинкові preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Unspecified

लोटनी preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Họ Thằn lằn bóng preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Mrj

Сцинк йишвлӓ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Cn

石龙子科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hans

石龙子科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

石龍子科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

石龍子科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Tw

石龍子科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Scincidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Scincoidea
Scincidae (this page)
Ablepharus
Acontias Cuvier 1817
Acritoscincus Wells & Wellington 1985
Aethesia Hutchinson & Scanlon 2009
Alinea
Amphiglossus
Anepischetosia
Anomalopus A. M. C. Duméril & A. H. A. Duméril 1851
Aocnodromeus Gao & Fox 1996
Aspronema
Asymblepharus
Ateuchosaurus
Austroablepharus Couper, Hoskin, Potter, Bragg & Moritz 2018
Axonoscincus Augé 2003
Ayalasaurus Augé 2005
Barkudia
Bassiana
Bellatorias
Berruva Augé 2005
Brachymeles A. M. C. Duméril & Bibron 1839
Brachyseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou & Vences 2016
Brasiliscincus
Caesoris
Caledoniscincus
Calyptotis
Capitellum
Carinascincus Wells & Wellington 1985
Carlia Gray 1845
Celatiscincus
Chalcides Laurenti 1768
Chalcidoseps
Chioninia Gray 1845
Coeranoscincus
Coggeria
Concinnia Wells & Wellington 1983
Copeoglossum
Cophoscincopus
Corucia
Cryptoblepharus
Ctenotus Storr 1964
Cyclodomorphus Fitzinger 1843
Dasia Gray 1839
Egernia Gray 1838
Emoia Gray 1845
Epibator Sadlier, Bauer, Shea & Smith 2015
Eremiascincus Greer 1979
Eroticoscincus
Eugongylus
Eulamprus
Eumeces Wiegmann 1834
Eumecia
Eurylepis
Eutropis Fitzinger 1843
Exila
Feylinia
Flexiseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Chatrou & Vences 2016
Fojia
Gekkomimus Bolet et al. 2015
Geomyersia
Geoscincus
Glaphyromorphus
Gongylomorphus
Graciliscincus
Grandidierina
Haackgreerius
Hakaria
Harrisoniascincus
Hemiergis
Heremites Gray 1845
Insulasaurus
Isopachys
Janetaescincus
Jarujinia
Kaestlea
Kanakysaurus
Kuniesaurus Sadlier, Deuss & Bauer 2019
Lacertaspis
Lacertoides
Lamprolepis
Lampropholis Fitzinger 1843
Lankascincus Greer 1991
Larutia
Leiolopisma
Lepidothyris
Leptoseps
Leptosiaphos
Lerista Bell 1833
Liburnascincus
Liopholis Fitzinger 1843
Lioscincus
Lipinia Gray 1845
Lissolepis
Lobulia
Lubuya Horton 1972
Lygisaurus De Vis 1884
Lygosoma Gray 1828
Mabuya Fitzinger 1826
Madascincus Brygoo 1981
Manciola
Maracaiba
Marisora Hedges & Conn 2012
Marmorosphax
Melanoseps Boulenger 1887
Menetia Gray 1845
Mesoscincus
Mochlus Günther 1864
Morethia
Nangura
Nannoscincus
Nessia Gray 1839
Niveoscincus
Notomabuya
Notoscincus
Oligosoma Girard 1857
Ophiomorus A. M. C. Duméril & Bibron 1839
Ophioscincus
Orosaura
Orthoscincus Augé 2005
Orthrioscincus Gao & Fox 1996
Otosaurus
Pamelaescincus
Panaspis Cope 1868
Panopa
Papuascincus Allison & Greer 1986
Paracontias Mocquard 1894
Parvoscincus Ferner, R. Brown & Greer 1997
Penemabuya Gao & Fox 1996
Phaeoscincus
Phasmasaurus
Phoboscincus
Pinoyscincus
Plestiodon A. M. C. Duméril & Bibron 1839
Prasinohaema
Proablepharus
Proegernia Martin et al. 2004
Proscelotes
Pseudemoia
Pseudoacontias
Psychosaura
Pygmaeascincus
Pygomeles
Ristella
Saiphos
Saproscincus
Scelotes Fitzinger 1826
Scincella Mittleman 1950
Scincopus
Scincus
Scolecoseps Loveridge 1920
Sepsina
Sepsophis
Sigaloseps
Silvascincus
Simiscincus
Sphenomorphus Fitzinger 1843
Spondylurus
Tachygyia
Techmarscincus
Tiliqua Gray 1825
Toenayar Karin, Metallinou, Weinell, Jackman & Bauer 2016
Trachylepis Fitzinger 1843
Tribolonotus A. M. C. Duméril & Bibron 1839
Tropidophorus A. M. C. Duméril & Bibron 1839
Tropidoscincus
Tumbunascincus
Typhlacontias
Typhlosaurus
Tytthoscincus Linkem, Diesmos & Brown 2011
Varzea
Vietnascincus
Voeltzkowia
Carusiidae
Contogeniidae
Cordylidae
Eoxantidae
Gerrhosauridae
Globauridae
Hodzhakuliidae
Paramacellodidae
Slavoiidae
unclassified Scincoidea
Xantusiidae
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