Skinks are lizards that constitute the family Scincidae, which is part of the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincida
African striped skinks Malolotja
Trachylepis maculilabris mating
Cape skink native to South Africa
A five-lined skink basking on a log in Forest Park
Acontinae is a subfamily of limbless skinks within the family Scincidae.
Skink
…skiltonianus. Mabuya in particular, is being split, many species being allocated to new genera such as Trachylepis, Chioninia, and Eutropis. Subfamily Acontinae (limbless skinks; 30 species in 2 genera) Acontias (25 species…