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 according to the ICZN standards.
Genera
Several Lygosominae genera were notorious "wastebin taxa" in the past, with scientists assigning more or less closely related species to them in a haphazard fashion and without verifying that the new species were close relatives of the genera's type species. What was once placed in Lygosoma, for example, is now divided among some 15 genera, not all in this subfamily. Similarly, Mabuya and Sphenomorphus are having species moved elsewhere.- Haackgreerius
- Lamprolepis – tree skinks
- Lygosoma – writhing skinks
- Mochlus - African spp.
- Riopa
- Subdoluseps
- ''Dravidoseps''
Now placed elsewhere
;Egernia group: now Subfamily Egerniinae- Corucia – Solomon Islands skink
- Cyclodomorphus
- Egernia –
- Tiliqua – blue-tongued skinks
- Tribolonotus – crocodile skinks
- Bassiana – "cool-skins"
- Carlia – four-fingered skinks
- Cryptoblepharus – snake-eyed skinks, shining-skinks
- Emoia – emoias
- Eugongylus – mastiff skinks, short-legged giant skinks
- Lampropholis – Indo-Australian ground skinks
- Leiolopisma
- Lobulia
- Niveoscincus – snow skinks, "cool-skins"
- Oligosoma
- Saproscincus – shade skinks
- Chioninia – Cape Verde mabuyas
- Dasia — Southeast Asian tree skinks, including Apterygodon
- Eumecia — Central African elongated skinks
- Eutropis – Asian
- Heremites — Mediterranean
- Mabuya – American mabuyas
- Toenayar — composed of a single species in India/Indochina
- Trachylepis – Afro-Malagasy mabuyas
- Anomalopus – worm-skinks
- Ctenotus – comb-eared skinks
- Eulamprus – water skinks
- Eremiascincus
- Glaphyromorphus
- Gnypetoscincus – Prickly Skink
- Insulasaurus
- Lerista
- Lipinia – lipinias
- Otosaurus
- Parvoscincus
- Pinoyscincus
- Scincella – ground skinks
- Sphenomorphus – common skinks
- ''Tytthoscincus''
''[Incertae sedis]'' and obsolete genera
- Euprepis - obsolete genus
- Hemisphaeriodon – pink-tongued skinks
- "Hinulia elegans", described by Grey in 1838, is unidentified, but may be Eulamprus tenuis.