Taxonomy Profile: Scincidae

Scincidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Skinks []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Scincidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Autarchoglossa
Family : Scincidae
Skinks |
Scincidae Direct Children(s):
Eumeces
(Wiegmann 1834)
Carlia
(Gray 1845)
Cryptoblepharus
(Wiegmann 1834)
Emoia
(Gray 1845)
Eugongylus
(Fitzinger 1843)
Lamprolepis
(Fitzinger 1843)
Lampropholis
(Fitzinger 1843)
Lipinia
(Gray 1845)
Mabuya
(Fitzinger 1826)
Neoseps
(Stejneger 1910)
Scincella
(Mittleman 1950)
Lygosoma
(Gray 1828)
Sphenomorphus
(Fitzinger 1843)
Leiolopisma
(Duméril and Bibron 1839)
Tiliqua
(Gray 1825)
Niveoscincus
(Hutchinson et al 1990)
Scincidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Scincidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Scincidae
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Scincidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Scincidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Scincidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2004-12-31 / 2004-12-31
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004)
Page(s):
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
As-yet (2004) unpublished manuscript from 1998
Reference for:
Scincidae
Scincidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Scincidae: Comments