Mastiff skinks or short-legged giant kinks |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: |
Eugongylus Fitzinger, 1843 |
Species | |
Five, see text |
Five, see text
Eugongylus is a genus of skinks 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.
The following species are recognized as being valid.
Notabene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eugongylus.