quality:correction
Genera

Many genera, Mabuya for example, are still insufficiently studied, and their systematics are at times controversial, see for example the taxonomy of the western skink, Plestiodon skiltonianus. Mabuya in particular, is being split, many species being allocated to new genera such as Trachylepis, Chioninia, and Eutropis.

Subfamily Acontinae (limbless skinks; 30 species in 2 genera)

Subfamily Egerniinae (social skinks; 63 species in 9 genera)

Subfamily Eugongylinae (eugongylid skinks; 455 species in 50 genera)

Subfamily Lygosominae (lygosomid skinks; 56 species in 6 genera)

Subfamily Mabuyinae (mabuyid skinks; 226 species in 25 genera)

Subfamily Sphenomorphinae (sphenomorphid skinks; 591 species in 41 genera)

Subfamily Scincinae (typical skinks; 294 species in 35 genera)