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Scincinae

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Scincinae
Scincus scincus male
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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.[1] It is one of three subfamilies of the family Scincidae, the other two being Acontinae and Lygosominae.

Genera

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

References

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  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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