Skink-shaped [1] ( lat. Scincomorpha ) is an infraorder of scaly reptiles of the suborder of lizards . Related to this infraorder species are distributed throughout the world in temperate , tropical and subtropical regions.
| Skink |
Western tilikva |
| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetric |
| Infraclass : | Lepidozavromorfy |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Scincomorpha Camp, 1923 |
| Families |
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- Scincidae
- Cordylidae
- Gerrhosauridae
- Xantusiidae
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Earlier in this group include such as a lizard gerrhosauridae (Gerrhosauridae), gimnoftalmusy (Gymnophthalmidae), lacertidae (Lacertidae), night lizards (Xantusiidae), Cordylidae (Cordylidae), plate-tailed (Scincidae) and teiidae (Teiidae). But modern researchers place many of these groups in another Lacertoidea infraorder because of their phylogenetic distance from each other, which in turn is necessary to maintain skink-like monophilia.
According to data published in 2013, the following families belong to the skink-shaped group of authors from George Washington University [2] .
- Scincidae Oppel, 1811
- Cordylidae Mertens , 1937
- Gerrhosauridae Fitzinger , 1843
- Xantusiidae Baird , 1858
American herpetologist from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014, the Scincomorpha infraorder divided into three superfamilies and nine families [3] :
- Superfamily Acontoidea Gray, 1839
- Family Acontidae Gray, 1839
- Superfamily Lygosomoidea Mittleman, 1952
- Family Ateuchosauridae Hedges, 2014
- Family Egerniidae Welch, 1982
- Family Eugongylidae Welch, 1982
- Family Lygosomidae Mittleman, 1952
- Family Mabuyidae Mittleman, 1952
- Family Ristellidae Hedges, 2014
- Family Sphenomorphidae Welch, 1982
- Superfamily Scincoidea Oppel, 1811
- Scincidae Oppel Family, 1811
