Squamata Oppel 1811 [Gauthier, Estes & de Queiroz 1988], nom. cl. inval. see Order Squamata Oppel, 1811
   Scincoidea Oppel, 1811 see Infraorder Scincoidea Oppel, 1811
     Family Scincidae Oppel, 1811 - skinks
       Subfamily Lygosominae Mittleman, 1952 see Family Lygosomidae Mittleman, 1952
         Genus Niveoscincus Hutchinson, Donnellan, Baverstock, Krieg, Simms & Burgin, 1990