THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Scincidae · Clear filter
1,330 records · page 1 of 27
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Alai ground skinkAblepharus alaicus Elpatjevsky, 1901 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ablepharus anatolicus Schmidtler, 1997 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Twin-striped SkinkAblepharus bivittatus (Menetries, 1832) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Budak’s Snake-eyed SkinkAblepharus budaki Göcmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eremchenko’s skinkAblepharus eremchenkoi (Panfilov, 1999) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minor Snake-eyed SkinkAblepharus grayanus (Stoliczka, 1872) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himalaya Ground SkinkAblepharus himalayanus (Günther, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lindberg’s Snake-Eyed SkinkAblepharus lindbergi Wettstein, 1960 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mahabharat ground skinkAblepharus mahabharatus (Eremchenko, Shah & Panfilov, 1998) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bronzy-brown SkinkAblepharus sikimmensis (Blyth, 1854) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuolin ground skinkAblepharus tuolinensis Guo, Wang, Tan, WU & Che, 2025 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-throated Legless SkinkAcontias albigularis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acontias bicolor (Hewitt, 1929) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shorthead Lance SkinkAcontias breviceps Essex, 1925 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cregoe's Legless SkinkAcontias cregoi (Boulenger, 1903) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| FitzSimon's Legless SkinkAcontias fitzsimonsi (Broadley, 1968) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mier Kalahari Legless SkinkAcontias gariepensis (Fitzsimons, 1941) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Slendertail Lance SkinkAcontias gracilicauda Essex, 1925 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japp’s Burrowing SkinkAcontias jappi (Broadley, 1968) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kalahari Burrowing SkinkAcontias kgalagadi (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Coastal Dwarf Legless Skink [litoralis]Acontias lineatus Peters, 1879 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Legless SkinkAcontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Serra da Neve lance-skinkAcontias mukwando Marques, Parrinha, Tiutenko, Lopes-Lima, Bauer & Ceríaco, 2023 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Savanna Legless SkinkAcontias occidentalis Fitzsimons, 1941 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Cape Legless SkinkAcontias orientalis Hewitt, 1937 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant Lance SkinkAcontias plumbeus Bianconi, 1849 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Richard’s Legless SkinkAcontias richardi (Jacobsen, 1987) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wood-bush Legless SkinkAcontias rieppeli (Lamb, Biswas & Bauer, 2010) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Acontias schmitzi Wagner, Broadley & Bauer, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Stripe-bellied Legless SkinkAcontias subtaeniatus (Broadley, 1968) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Wakkerstroom Legless SkinkAcontias wakkerstroomensis Conradie, Busschau & Edwards, 2018 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bold-striped Cool-skinkAcritoscincus duperreyi (Gray, 1838) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alpinoscincus alpinus (Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alpinoscincus subalpinus (Greer, Allison & Cogger, 2005) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-clawed Worm-skinkAnomalopus leuckartii (Weinland, 1863) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Five-clawed Worm-skinkAnomalopus mackayi Greer & Cogger, 1985 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Punctate Worm-skinkAnomalopus swansoni Greer & Cogger, 1985 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Three-clawed Worm-skinkAnomalopus verreauxii Duméril, 1851 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paraguay MabuyaAspronema dorsivittatum (Cope, 1862) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chinese AteuchosaurusAteuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ryukyu short-legged skinkAteuchosaurus okinavensis (Thompson, 1912) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ryukyu short-legged skinkAteuchosaurus pellopleurus (Hallowell, 1861) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lyon's Snake-eyed SkinkAustroablepharus barrylyoni (Couper, Limpus, Mcdonald & Amey, 2010) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Red-tailed Soil-crevice SkinkAustroablepharus kinghorni (Copland, 1947) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Orange-tailed Snake-eyed SkinkAustroablepharus naranjicaudus (Greer, Fisher & Horner, 2004) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madras Spotted SkinkBarkudia insularis Annandale, 1917 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Major SkinkBellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Land MulletBellatorias major (Gray, 1845) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arnhem Land Gorges SkinkBellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bicol Slender SkinkBrachymeles bicolandia Siler, Fuiten, Jones, Alcala & Brown, 2011 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.