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 |
|---|---|---|
| Two-colored Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles bicolor (Gray, 1845) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bohol Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles boholensis Brown & Rabor, 1967 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pretty Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles bonitae Duméril & Bibron, 1839 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles boulengeri Taylor, 1922 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burks’ Burrowing SkinkBrachymeles burksi Taylor, 1917 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tablas Slender SkinkBrachymeles dalawangdaliri Davis, Geheber, Watters, Penrod, Feller, Ashford, Kouri, Nguyen, Shauberger, Sheatsley, Winfrey, Wong, Sanguila, Brown & Siler, 2016 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles elerae Taylor, 1917 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Graceful Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles gracilis (Fischer, 1885) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ilokano Slender SkinkBrachymeles ilocandia Siler, Davis, Freitas, Huron, Geheber, Watters, Penrod, Papes, Amrein, Anwawr, Cooper Hein, Manning, Patel, Pinaroc, Diesmos, Diesmos, Oliveros & Brown, 2016 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aurora Slender SkinkBrachymeles isangdaliri Davis, Feller, Brown & Siler, 2014 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jessi’s slender skinkBrachymeles kadwa Siler & Brown, 2010 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lubang Slender SkinkBrachymeles ligtas Geheber, Davis, Watters, Penrod, Feller, Davey, Ellsworth, Flanagan, Heitz, Moore, Nguyen, Roberts, Sutton, Sanguila, Linkem, Brown & Siler, 2016 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachymeles minimus Brown & Alcala, 1995 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Miriam's SkinkBrachymeles miriamae (Heyer, 1972) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Burrowing SkinkBrachymeles orientalis Brown & Rabor, 1967 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| PAEF Slender SkinkBrachymeles paeforum Siler, Fuiten, Jones, Alcala & Brown, 2011 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pathfinder Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles pathfinderi Taylor, 1925 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eastern Visayas Slender SkinkBrachymeles samad Siler, Jones, Diesmos, Diesmos & Brown, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Graceful Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles suluensis Taylor, 1918 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Duméril's Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles talinis Brown, 1956 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taylor's Short-legged SkinkBrachymeles taylori Brown, 1956 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Western Mindanao Slender Skink.Brachymeles tiboliorum Siler, Jones, Diesmos, Diesmos & Brown, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tungao’s slender skinkBrachymeles tungaoi Siler & Brown, 2010 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jens’ slender skinkBrachymeles vindumi Siler & Brown, 2010 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Camiguin Sur Slender SkinkBrachymeles vulcani Siler, Jones, Diesmos, Diesmos & Brown, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyseps anosyensis (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulenger's Tree SkinkBrachyseps frontoparietalis (Boulenger, 1889) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyseps mandady (Andreone & Greer, 2002) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brachyseps punctatus (Raxworthy & Nussbaum, 1993) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caissara SquamataBrasiliscincus caissara (Reboucas-Spieker, 1974) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Brazilian MabuyaBrasiliscincus heathi (Schmidt & Inger, 1951) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caesoris novaecaledoniae (Parker, 1926) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus atropunctatus (Roux, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus auratus Sadlier, Bauer & Colgan, 1999 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus (Bavay, 1869) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus constellatus Sadlier, Whitaker, Wood & Bauer, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus festivus (Roux, 1913) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus haplorhinus (Günther, 1872) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus notialis Sadlier, Smith, Bauer & Wood, 2013 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus pelletieri Sadlier, Whitaker, Wood & Bauer, 2014 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caledoniscincus terma Sadlier, Bauer & Colgan, 1999 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Broad-templed CalyptotisCalyptotis temporalis Greer, 1983 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser Martinique SkinkCapitellum metallicum (Bocourt, 1879) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lesser Saint Croix SkinkCapitellum parvicruzae Hedges & Conn, 2012 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Forest Cool-skinkCarinascincus coventryi (Rawlinson, 1975) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alpine Cool-skinkCarinascincus greeni (Rawlinson, 1975) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Boulder Cool-skinkCarinascincus microlepidotus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pedra Branca Cool-skinkCarinascincus palfreymani (Rawlinson, 1974) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Agile Cool-skinkCarinascincus pretiosus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Carlia aenigma Zug, 2004 | 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.