Skink

Skink; Temporal range: Paleocene - Recent
	Eastern blue-tongued lizard
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Superfamily:	Scincoidea
Family:	Scincidae; Gray, 1825
Subfamilies
	Acontinae (limbless skinks); Egerniinae (social skinks); Eugongylinae; Lygosominae; Mabuyinae; Scincinae (typical skinks); Sphenomorphinae; For genera, see text.

Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions.^[1]^[2]

^ Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan (2013). "Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3701 (5): 473–517. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.1. PMID 26191600.
^ "Skink | lizard". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-05-06.

[1] Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan (2013). "Redescription of Eremiascincus fasciolatus (Günther, 1867) (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) with clarification of its synonyms and the description of a new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3701 (5): 473–517. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3701.5.1. PMID 26191600.

[2] "Skink | lizard". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-05-06.

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