| Taxonomic Hierarchy 
        
          |  |  |  |  |  |  | Kingdom | Animalia 
 – Animal, animaux, animals |  |  |  | Subkingdom | Bilateria 
 – triploblasts |  |  |  | Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |  |  |  | Phylum | Chordata 
 – cordés, cordado, chordates |  |  |  | Subphylum | Vertebrata 
 – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates |  |  |  | Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |  |  |  | Superclass | Tetrapoda |  |  |  | Class | Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles |  |  |  | Order | Squamata Oppel, 1811
 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents |  |  |  | Suborder | Autarchoglossa |  |  |  | Family | Scincidae Oppel, 1811
 – Skinks |  |  |  | Subfamily | Scincinae Oppel, 1811 |  |  
          |  |  | Direct Children: |  |  |  | Genus | Amphiglossus A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839 |  |  |  | Genus | Ateuchosaurus Gray, 1845 |  |  |  | Genus | Barkudia Annandale, 1917 |  |  |  | Genus | Brachymeles A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839 |  |  |  | Genus | Brachyseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Catrou and Vences, 2017 |  |  |  | Genus | Chalcides J. N. Laurent, 1768 |  |  |  | Genus | Chalcidoseps Boulenger, 1887 |  |  |  | Genus | Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834
 – Eumeces, Holarctic Skinks |  |  |  | Genus | Eurylepis Blyth, 1854 |  |  |  | Genus | Feylinia Gray, 1845 |  |  |  | Genus | Flexiseps Erens, Miralles, Glaw, Catrou and Vences, 2017 |  |  |  | Genus | Gongylomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 |  |  |  | Genus | Grandidierina Mocquard, 1894 |  |  |  | Genus | Hakaria Steindachner, 1899 |  |  |  | Genus | Janetaescincus Greer, 1970 |  |  |  | Genus | Jarujinia Chan-Ard, Makchai & Cota, 2011 |  |  |  | Genus | Madascincus Brygoo, 1981 |  |  |  | Genus | Melanoseps Boulenger, 1887 |  |  |  | Genus | Mesoscincus Griffith, Ngo and Murphy, 2000 |  |  |  | Genus | Nessia Gray, 1839 |  |  |  | Genus | Ophiomorus A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839 |  |  |  | Genus | Pamelaescincus Greer, 1970 |  |  |  | Genus | Paracontias Mocquard, 1894 |  |  |  | Genus | Plestiodon A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1839
 – toothy skinks |  |  |  | Genus | Proscelotes Witte and Laurent, 1943 |  |  |  | Genus | Pseudoacontias Bocage, 1889 |  |  |  | Genus | Pygomeles Grandidier, 1867 |  |  |  | Genus | Scelotes Fitzinger, 1826 |  |  |  | Genus | Scincopus Peters, 1864 |  |  |  | Genus | Scincus J. N. Laurent, 1768 |  |  |  | Genus | Scolecoseps Loveridge, 1920 |  |  |  | Genus | Sepsina Bocage, 1866 |  |  |  | Genus | Sepsophis Beddome, 1870 |  |  |  | Genus | Typhlacontias Bocage, 1873 |  |  |  | Genus | Voeltzkowia Boettger, 1893 |  |  
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