Egerniinae is the subfamily of social skinks within the family
Scincidae.
The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the ''
Egernia
''Egernia'' is a genus of skinks (family (biology), family Scincidae) that occurs in Australia. These skinks are ecologically diverse omnivores that inhabit a wide range of habitats. However, in the loose delimitation (which incorporates about 3 ...
'' group in the large subfamily
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 s ...
.
Genera
The subfamily Egerniinae contains 63 species in 8 genera.
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