Scincidae

Ateuchosaurus chinensis Gray, 1845

Ateuchosaurus chinensis (Chinese short-limbed skink) is an oviparous terrestrial skink endemic to China and Vietnam.

Acontias plumbeus Bianconi, 1849

Acontias plumbeus, the giant legless skink, is a Scincidae lizard found in southern Africa with recognized morphological color variation.

Acontias meleagris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acontias meleagris is a spotted striped burrowing reptile found in southern Cape, South Africa, that gives birth to 2-4 young in summer.

Acontias orientalis Hewitt, 1937

Acontias orientalis is a burrowing scincid lizard species endemic to South Africa.

Acontias lineatus Peters, 1879

Acontias lineatus is a scincid lizard species found in South Africa and Namibia, with two common names.

Typhlosaurus caecus (Cuvier, 1816)

Typhlosaurus caecus, or southern/Cuvier's blind legless skink, is a scincid lizard species endemic to South Africa.

Mochlus sundevallii (Smith, 1849)

Mochlus sundevallii is an oviparous African reptile found across a range of savanna, shrubland, and forest habitats.

Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lygosoma quadrupes is a widely distributed skink species found across southern China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia.

Lygosoma siamense Siler, Heitz, Davis, Freitas, Aowphol, Termprayoon & Grismer, 2018

The Siamese supple skink, Lygosoma siamense, is a skink species found across parts of mainland Southeast Asia and Peninsular Malaysia.

Lamprolepis smaragdina (Lesson, 1829)

Lamprolepis smaragdina, the emerald tree skink, is an oviparous arboreal lizard found across parts of the Indo-Pacific.

Riopa albopunctata (Gray, 1846)

Riopa albopunctata, the white-spotted supple skink, is a small South Asian lizard with distinct scaled features and color patterning.

Riopa punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Riopa punctata is a skink species with age-dependent color patterning found across South and parts of Southeast Asia.

Subdoluseps bowringii (Günther, 1864)

Subdoluseps bowringii, or Bowring's supple skink, is a native Southeast Asian skink lizard species.

Ctenotus spaldingi (Macleay, 1877)

Ctenotus spaldingi is an Australian oviparous skink frequently confused with the related species Ctenotus robustus.

Ctenotus schomburgkii (Peters, 1863)

Ctenotus schomburgkii is a small adaptable Australian ectothermic skink strongly associated with spinifex grass.

Ctenotus robustus Storr, 1970

Ctenotus robustus, the eastern striped skink, is a large diurnal skink species found across Australia.

Ctenotus regius Storr, 1971

Ctenotus regius, the pale-rumped ctenotus, is an endemic Australian medium-sized oviparous skink with a 3-year average lifespan.

Ctenotus pantherinus (Peters, 1866)

Ctenotus pantherinus, the leopard ctenotus, is a large fast-growing skink endemic to arid and semi-arid Australia.

Ctenotus labillardieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Ctenotus labillardieri is an oviparous skink found in southwestern Western Australia with distinct patterned coloration.

Ctenotus essingtonii (Gray, 1842)

Ctenotus essingtonii is a small slender lizard found in northern Northern Territory, Australia, that lives in forest and is oviparous.

Ctenotus taeniolatus (White, 1790)

Ctenotus taeniolatus, the copper-tailed ctenotus skink, is a medium-sized Australian striped skink that eats small invertebrates.

Calyptotis scutirostrum (Peters, 1874)

The scute-snouted calyptotis (Calyptotis scutirostrum) is a skink species found in two Australian states.

Anomalopus verreauxii Duméril, 1851

Anomalopus verreauxii is an oviparous Australian species found in forests of New South Wales and Queensland with three clawed front toes and no back toes.

Scincella vandenburghi (Schmidt, 1927)

Scincella vandenburghi is an oviparous East Asian skink found on the Korean peninsula and Japan’s Tsushima Island.