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Taxon: Family Scincidae Oppel, 1811 - skinks (reptile)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Sarcopterygii
                                                           Clade Sarcopterygii Romer, 1955
                                                             Clade Dipnotetrapodomorpha Nelson, 2006
                                                               Clade Rhipidistia Cope, 1887
                                                                 Clade Tetrapodomorpha Ahlberg, 1991
                                                                   Clade Osteolepidida Boulenger 1901 [Cloutier & Ahlberg 1996]
                                                                     Clade Eotetrapodiformes Coates & Friedman, 2010
                                                                       [crown] Clade Elpistostegalia Camp & Allison, 1961
                                                                         Clade Stegocephali Cope 1868 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                           Clade Labyrinthodontia Owen 1859 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                             Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
                                                                               Clade Pan-Amniota Rowe 2004 [Laurin & Smithson 2020]
                                                                                 Clade Batrachosauria
                                                                                   Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
                                                                                     Class Reptilia Linnaeus, 1758 - reptiles
                                                                                       Clade Eureptilia Olson, 1947
                                                                                         Clade Romeriida Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe, 1988
                                                                                           Clade Diapsida Osborn 1903 [Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020]
                                                                                             Clade Neodiapsida Benton 1985
                                                                                               Clade Pan-Lepidosauria Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020, sedis mutabilis
                                                                                                 [crown] Subclass Lepidosauria Duméril & Bibron, 1839
                                                                                                   Clade Pan-Squamata Gauthier & de Queiroz 2020
                                                                                                     [crown] Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
                                                                                                       Bifurcata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
                                                                                                         Unidentata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
                                                                                                           Suborder Scinciformata Vidal & Hedges, 2005
                                                                                                             Infraorder Scincomorpha Camp, 1923
                                                                                                               Superfamily Scincoidea Oppel, 1811 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                 Family Scincidae Oppel, 1811 - skinks
                                                                                                                   01.1 Genus Amphiglossus Duméril & Bibron, 1839
                                                                                                                   01.2 Genus Madascincus Brygoo, 1982
                                                                                                                   02 Genus Barkudia Annandale, 1917
                                                                                                                   03 Genus Brachymeles Duméril & Bibron, 1839
                                                                                                                   04 Genus Chalcides Laurenti, 1768
                                                                                                                   05 Genus Chalcidoseps Boulenger, 1887 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                   06.1 Genus Eumeces Wiegmann, 1834
                                                                                                                   06.2 Genus Plestiodon Duméril & Bibron, 1839
                                                                                                                   07 Genus Eurylepis Blyth, 1854
                                                                                                                   08 Genus Feylinia Gray, 1845
                                                                                                                   09 Genus Gongylomorphus Fitzinger, 1843 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                   10 Genus Hakaria Steindachner, 1899 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                   11 Genus Janetaescincus Greer, 1970
                                                                                                                   12 Genus Jarujinia Chan-ard, Makchai & Cota, 2011 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                   13 Genus Melanoseps Boulenger, 1887
                                                                                                                   14 Genus Mesoscincus Griffith, Ngo & Murphy, 2000
                                                                                                                   15 Genus Nessia Gray, 1839
                                                                                                                   16 Genus Ophiomorus Duméril & Bibron, 1839
                                                                                                                   17 Genus Pamelaescincus Greer, 1970 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                   18 Genus Paracontias Mocquard, 1894
                                                                                                                   19 Genus Proscelotes de Witte, 1943
                                                                                                                   20 Genus Pseudoacontias Barboza du Bocage, 1889
                                                                                                                   21 Genus Pygomeles Grandidier, 1867
                                                                                                                   22 Genus Scelotes Fitzinger, 1826
                                                                                                                   23 Genus Scincopus Peters, 1864 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                   24 Genus Scincus Laurenti, 1768
                                                                                                                   25 Genus Scolecoseps Loveridge, 1920
                                                                                                                   26 Genus Sepsina Bocage, 1866
                                                                                                                   27 Genus Sepsophis Beddome, 1870 [monotypic]
                                                                                                                   28 Genus Typhlacontias Bocage, 1873
                                                                                                                   29.1 Genus Voeltzkowia Boettger, 1893
                                                                                                                   29.2 Genus Grandidierina Mocquard, 1894

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