''Eugongylus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

skink Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. S ...

s in the subfamily Eugongylinae. It was previously recognised as namesake of the ''Eugonglyus'' group of genera within

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 ...

, where it occupied a quite

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position. Members of this genus are commonly called mastiff skinks or short-legged giant skinks.

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.''Eugongylus''
The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Eugongylus albofasciolatus'' – white-banded mastiff skink, white-banded giant skink, white-striped cape skink, barred shark skink *'' Eugongylus mentovarius'' – odd-chinned mastiff skink, odd-chinned giant skink *'' Eugongylus rufescens'' – bar-lipped sheen-skink *'' Eugongylus sulaensis'' – Sula skink *'' Eugongylus unilineatus'' '' Notabene'': A

binomial authority In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Eugongylus''.

Species

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