Eugongylus
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Eugongylus is a genus
of skink
s in the subfamily Lygosominae
. The namesake of the Eugonglyus group of genera, it occupies a quite basal position among these. Members of this genus are commonly called mastiff skinks or short-legged giant skinks.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of skink
Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
s in the subfamily Lygosominae
Lygosominae
Lygosominae is the largest subfamily of skinks in the family Scincidae. The subfamily can be divided into a number of genus-groups. If the rarely used taxonomic rank of infrafamily is employed, the genus-groups would be designated as such, but such a move would require a formal description...
. The namesake of the Eugonglyus group of genera, it occupies a quite basal position among these. Members of this genus are commonly called mastiff skinks or short-legged giant skinks.
Species
- Eugongylus albofasciolatus (Günther, 1872) – White-banded Mastiff Skink, White-banded Giant Skink, White-striped Cape Skink
- Eugongylus mentovarius Boettger, 1895 – Odd-chinned Mastiff Skink, Odd-chinned Giant Skink
- Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802) – Bar-lipped Sheen-skink
- Eugongylus sulaensis (Kopstein, 1927) – Sula Skink
- Eugongylus unilineatus (de Rooij, 1915)