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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Western Middle America SkinkMarisora brachypoda (Taylor, 1956) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marisora falconensis (Mijares-Urrutia & Arends, 1997) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Corn Island SkinkMarisora magnacornae Hedges & Conn, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Providencia Island SkinkMarisora pergravis (Barbour, 1921) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Honduran SkinkMarisora roatanae Hedges & Conn, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tehuantepec SkinkMarisora syntoma Mccranie, Matthews & Hedges, 2020 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central American MabuyaMarisora unimarginata (Cope, 1863) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marmorosphax boulinda Sadlier, Smith, Bauer & Whitaker, 2009 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marmorosphax kaala Sadlier, Smith, Bauer & Whitaker, 2009 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marmorosphax montana Sadlier & Bauer, 2000 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Marmorosphax tricolor (Bavay, 1869) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Limbless SkinkMelanoseps ater (Günther, 1873) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Uluguru limbless skinkMelanoseps emmrichi Broadley, 2006 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Longtail Limbless SkinkMelanoseps longicauda Tornier, 1900 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loveridge’s limbless skinkMelanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Estève, 1982 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Limbless SkinkMelanoseps occidentalis (Peters, 1878) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pygmy limbless skinkMelanoseps pygmaeus Broadley, 2006 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rondo limbless skinkMelanoseps rondoensis Loveridge, 1942 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Melanoseps sokokensis Malonza, Nyamache & Bwong, 2024 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Udzungwa Limbless SkinkMelanoseps uzungwensis Loveridge, 1942 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Top End Dwarf SkinkMenetia alanae Rankin, 1979 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Dwarf SkinkMenetia amaura Storr, 1978 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jabiluka Dwarf SkinkMenetia concinna Sadlier, 1984 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Dwarf SkinkMenetia greyii Gray, 1845 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Dwarf SkinkMenetia maini Storr, 1976 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Dwarf SkinkMenetia surda Storr, 1976 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Splendid SkinkMesomycterus splendidus (Grandidier, 1872) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tepalcatepec SkinkMesoscincus altamirani (Dugès, 1891) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Managua SkinkMesoscincus managuae (Dunn, 1933) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mayan Black-headed SkinkMesoscincus schwartzei (Fischer, 1884) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mochlus brevicaudis (Greer, Grandison & Barbault, 1985) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African fire skinkMochlus fernandi (Burton, 1836) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lanza's Writhing SkinkMochlus grandisonianus Lanza & Carfi, 1966 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Writhing SkinkMochlus laeviceps (Peters, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mabuya-like (writhing) SkinkMochlus mabuiiformis (Loveridge, 1935) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mafia writhing skinkMochlus mafianus (Broadley, 1994) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mocquard's Writhing SkinkMochlus mocquardi (Chabanaud, 1917) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Abyssinian Writhing SkinkMochlus paedocarinatus Lanza & Carfi, 1968 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pemba Island Writhing SkinkMochlus pembanus (Boettger, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's Writhing SkinkMochlus productus (Boulenger, 1909) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Simonetta's Writhing SkinkMochlus simonettai (Lanza, 1979) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Somali Writhing SkinkMochlus somalicus (Parker, 1942) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mochlus striatus (Hallowell, 1854) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peters' Eyelid SkinkMochlus sundevallii (Smith, 1849) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Loveridge's Writhing SkinkMochlus tanae (Loveridge, 1935) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vinciguerra's Writhing SkinkMochlus vinciguerrae (Parker, 1932) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Saltbush Morethia SkinkMorethia adelaidensis (Peters, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| South-eastern Morethia SkinkMorethia boulengeri (Ogilby, 1890) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Woodland Morethia SkinkMorethia butleri (Storr, 1963) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| West Coast Morethia SkinkMorethia lineoocellata (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.