Egerniinae

Egerniinae
	Cyclodomorphus praealtus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Egerniinae

Egerniinae is a group of lizards called social skinks. They belong to the bigger lizard family called Scincidae.^[1]. Before, the lizards in this group were thought to be part of another group called Egernia in a larger family named Lygosominae.^[2].

Genera

The subfamily Egerniinae contains 63 species in 8 genera.^[1]

Image	Genus	Species
	Bellatorias Wells & Wellington, 1984	Bellatorias frerei (Günther, 1897) Bellatorias major (Gray, 1845) – Land mullet Bellatorias obiri (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
	Corucia Gray, 1855	Corucia zebrata Gray, 1855
	Cyclodomorphus Fitzinger, 1843	Cyclodomorphus branchialis (Günther, 1867) Cyclodomorphus casuarinae (A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839) Cyclodomorphus celatus Shea & Miller, 1995 Cyclodomorphus gerrardii (Gray, 1845) Cyclodomorphus maximus (Storr, 1976) Cyclodomorphus melanops (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) Cyclodomorphus michaeli Wells & Wellington, 1984 Cyclodomorphus praealtus Shea, 1995 Cyclodomorphus venustus Shea & Miller, 1995
	Egernia Gray, 1832	Egernia cunninghami (Gray, 1832) – Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink Egernia cygnitos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – Western Pilbara spiny-tailed skink Egernia depressa (Günther, 1875) – pygmy spiny-tailed skink Egernia douglasi Glauert, 1956 – Kimberley crevice-skink Egernia eos Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – central pygmy spiny-tailed skink Egernia epsisolus Doughty, Kealley & Donnellan, 2011 – Eastern Pilbara spiny-tailed skink Egernia formosa Fry, 1914 – Goldfield's crevice-skink Egernia hosmeri Kinghorn, 1955 – Hosmer's spiny-tailed skink Egernia kingii (Gray, 1838) – King's skink Egernia mcpheei Wells & Wellington, 1984 – eastern crevice-skink, McPhee's egernia Egernia napoleonis (Gray, 1838) – southwestern crevice-skink Egernia pilbarensis Storr, 1978 – Pilbara crevice-skink Egernia richardi (W. Peters, 1869) – bright crevice-skink, dark spiny-tailed skink Egernia roomi (Wells & Wellington, 1985) Egernia rugosa De Vis, 1888 – Yakka skink Egernia saxatilis Cogger, 1960 – Black rock skink, black crevice-skink Egernia stokesii (Gray, 1845) – gidgee spiny-tailed skink, gidgee skink, Stokes's skink Egernia striolata (W. Peters, 1870) – tree crevice-skink, "tree skink"
	Liopholis Fitzinger, 1843	Liopholis guthega Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002 – Snowy Mountains skink, guthega skink, alpine egernia Liopholis inornata (Rosén, 1905) – desert egernia, unadorned desert-skink, "desert skink" Liopholis kintorei (Stirling & Zietz, 1893) – Great Desert skink Liopholis margaretae (Storr, 1968) – Centralian Ranges rock-skink, Flinder's Ranges rock-skink Liopholis modesta (Storr, 1968) – Eastern Ranges rock-skink Liopholis montana Donnellan, Hutchinson, Dempsey & Osborne, 2002 – montane rock-skink, mountain egernia, "mountain skink" Liopholis multiscutata (Mitchell & Behrndt, 1949) – bull skink, southern sand-skink, heath skink Liopholis personata (Storr, 1968) Liopholis pulchra (F. Werner, 1910) – southwestern rock-skink, spectacled rock skink, Jurien Bay rock-skink Liopholis slateri (Storr, 1968) – Slater's desert skink, Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, Slater's skink Liopholis striata (Sternfeld, 1919) – night skink, nocturnal desert-skink, striated egernia Liopholis whitii (Lacépède, 1804) – White's skink, White's rock-skink
	Lissolepis W. Peters, 1872	Lissolepis coventryi (Storr, 1978) Lissolepis luctuosa (W. Peters, 1866)
	Tiliqua Gray, 1825	Tiliqua adelaidensis (W. Peters, 1863) Tiliqua gigas (Schneider, 1801) Tiliqua multifasciata Sternfeld, 1919 Tiliqua nigrolutea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Tiliqua occipitalis (W. Peters, 1863) Tiliqua rugosa (Gray, 1825) Tiliqua scincoides (White, 1790) Irian Jaya blue tongue skink
	Tribolonotus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839	Tribolonotus annectens Zweifel, 1966 – Zweifel's helmet skink, New Britain spiny skink Tribolonotus blanchardi Burt, 1930 – Blanchard's helmet skink Tribolonotus brongersmai Cogger, 1973 – Admiralty spiny skink, Brongersma's helmet skink Tribolonotus choiseulensis Rittmeyer & Austin, 2017 Tribolonotus gracilis de Rooij, 1909 – red-eyed crocodile skink, red-eyed bush crocodile skink Tribolonotus novaeguineae (Schlegel, 1834) – white-eyed crocodile skink Tribolonotus parkeri Rittmeyer & Austin, 2017 Tribolonotus ponceleti Kinghorn, 1937 – giant spiny skink, Poncelet's helmet skink Tribolonotus pseudoponceleti Greer & Parker, 1968 – western crocodile skink, false Poncelet's helmet skink Tribolonotus schmidti Burt, 1930 – Schmidt's helmet skink, Schmidt's crocodile skink

References

1 2 Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J. (eds.). "Egerniinae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
↑ Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011. PMID 16473026.

Other websites

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Data related to Egerniinae at Wikispecies

[reptileDB-1] 1 2 Uetz, P.; Freed, P.; Hošek, J. (eds.). "Egerniinae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

[2] Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011. PMID 16473026.

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