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 |
|---|---|---|
| Phasmasaurus maruia (Sadlier, Whitaker & Bauer, 1998) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phasmasaurus tillieri (Ineich & Sadlier, 1991) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bocourt's Eyelid SkinkPhoboscincus bocourti (Brocchi, 1876) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Garnier's SkinksPhoboscincus garnieri (Bavay, 1869) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pinoyscincus abdictus (Brown & Alcala, 1980) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cox's SphenomorphusPinoyscincus coxi (Taylor, 1915) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Filipino skinkPinoyscincus jagori (Peters, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leyte SphenomorphusPinoyscincus llanosi (Taylor, 1919) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mindanao SphenomorphusPinoyscincus mindanensis (Taylor, 1915) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Two-lined Short-nosed SkinkPlestiodon bilineatus (Tanner, 1958) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shortnose SkinkPlestiodon brevirostris (Günther, 1860) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Chinese blue-tailed SkinkPlestiodon chinensis (Gray, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Colima SkinkPlestiodon colimensis (Taylor, 1935) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cope's SkinkPlestiodon copei (Taylor, 1933) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duges' SkinkPlestiodon dugesii (Thominot, 1883) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Shanghai Elegant SkinkPlestiodon elegans (Boulenger, 1887) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Five-lined SkinkPlestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Far Eastern SkinkPlestiodon finitimus Okamoto & Hikida, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plestiodon gilberti (Van Denburgh, 1896) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Iheya Barbour’s blue-tailed skinkPlestiodon iheyaesilvae Kurita & Hikida, 2025 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southeastern Five-lined SkinkPlestiodon inexpectatus (Taylor, 1932) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plestiodon jinjiang Wang, Xu, Lee, LU & Che, 2026 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Japanese SkinkPlestiodon kishinouyei (Stejneger, 1901) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plestiodon kuchinoshimensis Kurita & Hikida, 2014 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Broadhead SkinkPlestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plestiodon longiartus García-Vázquez, Pavón-Vázquez, Feria-Ortiz & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2021 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plestiodon lotus Pavón-Vázquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Mendoza-Hernández, Centenero-Alcalá, Santa Cruz-Padilla & Jiménez-Arcos, 2017 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ousima SkinkPlestiodon marginatus Hallowell, 1861 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plestiodon multivirgatus Hallowell, 1858 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Plestiodon nietoi Feria-Ortiz & García-Vázquez, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Great Plains SkinkPlestiodon obsoletus Baird & Girard, 1852 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pope's SkinkPlestiodon popei (Hikida, 1989) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Four-striped SkinkPlestiodon quadrilineatus Blyth, 1853 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Prairie SkinkPlestiodon septentrionalis Baird, 1858 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vietnam SkinkPlestiodon tamdaoensis (Bourret, 1937) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Four-lined SkinkPlestiodon tetragrammus Baird, 1859 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Praeteropus auxilliger Hutchinson, Couper, Amey & Wilmer, 2021 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short-necked Worm-skinkPraeteropus brevicollis (Greer & Cogger, 1985) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Praeteropus monachus Hutchinson, Couper, Amey & Wilmer, 2021 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Green Tree SkinkPrasinohaema flavipes (Parker, 1936) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Parker's Green Tree SkinkPrasinohaema parkeri (Smith, 1937) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prehensile Green Tree SkinkPrasinohaema prehensicauda (Loveridge, 1945) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Prasinohaema scurrula Slavenko, Shea, Richards & Oliver, 2025 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Semon's Green Tree SkinkPrasinohaema semoni (Oudemans, 1894) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Green Tree SkinkPrasinohaema virens (Peters, 1881) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Soil-crevice SkinkProablepharus reginae (Glauert, 1960) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Soil-crevice SkinkProablepharus tenuis (Broom, 1896) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montane SkinkProscelotes aenea (Barbour & Loveridge, 1928) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arnold's Montane SkinkProscelotes arnoldi (Hewitt, 1932) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Usambara Five-toed SkinkProscelotes eggeli (Tornier, 1902) | 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.