Eugongylinae Explained

Eugongylinae is a subfamily of skinks within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the Eugongylus group in the large subfamily Lygosominae.^[1]

Genera

The subfamily Eugongylinae contains 469 species in 51 genera.

• Ablepharus (18 species)
• Acritoscincus (3 species)
• Alpinoscincus (2 species)
• Anepischetosia (1 species)
• Austroablepharus (3 species)
• Caesoris (1 species)
• Caledoniscincus (14 species)
• Carinascincus (8 species)
• Carlia (46 species)
• Celatiscincus (2 species)
• Cophoscincopus (4 species)
• Cryptoblepharus (53 species)
• Emoia (78 species)
• Epibator (3 species)
• Eroticoscincus (1 species)
• Eugongylus (5 species)
• Geomyersia (2 species)
• Geoscincus (1 species)
• Graciliscincus (1 species)
• Harrisoniascincus (1 species)
• Kanakysaurus (2 species)
• Kuniesaurus (1 species)
• Lacertaspis (5 species)
• Lacertoides (1 specie)
• Lampropholis (14 species)
• Leiolopisma (4 species)
• Leptosiaphos (18 species)
• Liburnascincus (4 species)
• Lioscincus (2 species)
• Lobulia (7 species)
• Lygisaurus (14 species)
• Marmorosphax (5 species)
• Menetia (5 species)
• Morethia (8 species)
• Nannoscincus (12 species)
• Nubeoscincus (2 species)
• Oligosoma (53 species)
• Panaspis (21 species)
• Phaeoscincus (2 species)
• Phasmasaurus (2 species)
• Phoboscincus (2 species)
• Proablepharus (2 species)
• Pseudemoia (6 species)
• Pygmaeascincus (3 species)
• Saproscincus (12 species)
• Sigaloseps (6 species)
• Simiscincus (1 species)
• Tachygia (1 species)
• Techmarscincus (1 species)
• Tropidoscincus (3 species)

Notes and References

1. Austin JJ, Arnold EN . Jeremy Austin .

   fr:Edwin Nicholas Arnold

   . 2006 . Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands . . 39 . 2 . 503–511 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 . 16473026.