
Sphenomorphine Skinks
Sphenomorphinae
Sphenomorphinae is a large subfamily of skinks within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the Sphenomorphus group in the large subfamily Lygosominae.
43 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 614 known species

Ground Skinks
genusScincella

Water Skinks
genusEulamprus

Asian Forest Skinks
genusSphenomorphus

Ctenotus Skinks
genusCtenotus
Bar-sided and Forest Skinks
genusConcinnia

Earless Skinks
genusHemiergis

Sliders
genusLerista

Silvascincus Forest Skinks
genusSilvascincus

Tropidophorus
genusTropidophorus

Lipinia
genusLipinia

Anomalopus Worm-Skinks
genusAnomalopus

Three-Toed Skinks
genusSaiphos
Sand-swimmers
genusEremiascincus

Calyptotis Skinks
genusCalyptotis

Mulch Skinks
genusGlaphyromorphus

Ornithuroscincus
genusOrnithuroscincus

Gnypetoscincus
genusGnypetoscincus

Pinoyscincus
genusPinoyscincus

Tytthoscincus
genusTytthoscincus

Ophioscincus
genusOphioscincus

Coeranoscincus
genusCoeranoscincus

Parvoscincus
genusParvoscincus

Kaestlea
genusKaestlea

Soil-crevice Skinks
genusNotoscincus

Otosaurus
genusOtosaurus

Larutia
genusLarutia

Papuascincus
genusPapuascincus

Prasinohaema
genusPrasinohaema

Isopachys
genusIsopachys

Praeteropus Worm-Skinks
genusPraeteropus

Protoblepharus
genusProtoblepharus

Tumbunascincus
genusTumbunascincus

Insulasaurus
genusInsulasaurus

Fojia
genusFojia

Lobulia Ground-skinks
genusLobulia

Suppressascincus
genusSuppressascincus
Nubeoscincus
genusNubeoscincus
Calorodius
genusCalorodius
Coggeria
genusCoggeria

Nangura
genusNangura
Alpinoscincus
genusAlpinoscincus
Neopalaia
genusNeopalaia
Leptoseps
genusLeptoseps
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607361.