Brachymeles

Brachymeles
Brachymeles muntingkamay
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Brachymeles A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Species
38, see text.

38, see text.

Brachymeles is a genus of skinks (lizards in the family Scincidae).

Brachymeles is usually placed in the subfamily Scincinae, which seems to be paraphyletic however. Apparently part of a clade which does not seem to include the type genus Scincus, it will probably be eventually assigned to a new, yet-to-be-named subfamily. (Austin & Arnold 2006)

The following species are recognized as being valid.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Brachymeles.

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