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 |
|---|---|---|
| Protoblepharus apatani Mirza, Bragin, Bhosale, Gowande, Patel & Poyarkov, 2022 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bight C oast SkinkPseudemoia baudini (Greer, 1982) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alpine Bog SkinkPseudemoia cryodroma Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1992 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Entrecasteaux's SkinkPseudemoia entrecasteauxii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Grass Tussock SkinkPseudemoia pagenstecheri (Lindholm, 1901) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rawlinson's Window-eyed SkinkPseudemoia rawlinsoni (Hutchinson & Donnellan, 1988) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Trunk-climbing Cool-skinkPseudemoia spenceri (Lucas & Frost, 1894) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoacontias angelorum Nussbaum & Raxworthy, 1995 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Giant Madagascar SkinkPseudoacontias madagascariensis Bocage, 1889 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoacontias menamainty Andreone & Greer, 2002 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudoacontias unicolor Sakata & Hikida, 2003 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Psychosaura agmosticha (Rodrigues, 2000) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoge's MabuyaPsychosaura macrorhyncha (Hoge, 1946) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Fine-browed Dwarf SkinkPygmaeascincus koshlandae (Greer, 1991) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Magnetic Island Dwarf SkinkPygmaeascincus sadlieri (Greer, 1991) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dwarf Litter-skinkPygmaeascincus timlowi (Ingram, 1977) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Braconnier's Short SkinkPygomeles braconnieri Grandidier, 1867 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Petter's Short SkinkPygomeles petteri Pasteur & Paulian, 1962 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pygomeles trivittatus Boulenger, 1896 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| White-spotted Supple SkinkRiopa albopunctata Gray, 1846 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Riopa anguina Theobald, 1868 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Deccan Gracile SkinkRiopa deccanensis Bhupathi, Ray, Karuthapandi, Jaiswal, Deepak & Mohapatra, 2025 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Günther's Writhing SkinkRiopa guentheri (Peters, 1879) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lined Supple SkinkRiopa lineata (Gray, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Writhing SkinkRiopa lineolata Stoliczka, 1870 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Common Dotted Garden SkinkRiopa punctata (Linnaeus, 1758) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Vosmer's Writhing SkinkRiopa vosmaerii (Gray, 1839) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Beddome’s cat skinkRistella beddomii Boulenger, 1887 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Günther's RistellaRistella guentheri Boulenger, 1887 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Burke’s CatskinkRistella rurkii Gray, 1839 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Travancore RistellaRistella travancorica (Beddome, 1870) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Three-toed SkinkSaiphos equalis (Gray, 1825) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pale-lipped ShadeskinkSaproscincus basiliscus (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Czechuras Litter-skinkSaproscincus czechurai (Ingram & Rawlinson, 1981) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eungella ShadeskinkSaproscincus eungellensis Sadlier, Couper, Colgan, Vanderduys & Rickard, 2005 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hannah's ShadeskinkSaproscincus hannahae Couper & Keim, 1998 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Northern Wet Tropics ShadeskinkSaproscincus lewisi Couper & Keim, 1998 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Southern Weasel SkinkSaproscincus mustelinus (O'Shaughnessy, 1874) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Highland Forest SkinkSaproscincus rosei Wells & Wellington, 1985 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gully ShadeskinkSaproscincus spectabilis (de Vis, 1888) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes bidigittatus Fitzsimons, 1930 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes caffer (Peters, 1861) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cape Burrowing SkinkScelotes capensis (Smith, 1849) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bourquin’s Dwarf Burrowing Skink [bourquini]Scelotes guentheri Boulenger, 1887 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Durban Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes inornatus (Smith, 1849) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kasner's Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes kasneri Fitzsimons, 1939 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Limpopo Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes limpopoensis Fitzsimons, 1930 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Montane Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes mirus (Roux, 1907) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bloubergstrand Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes montispectus Bauer, Whiting & Sadlier, 2003 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mozambique Dwarf Burrowing SkinkScelotes mossambicus (Peters, 1882) | 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.