Eugongylus

Eugongylus is a genus of skinks in the subfamily Eugongylinae.^[1] It was previously recognised as namesake of the Eugonglyus group of genera within Lygosominae, where it occupied a quite basal position.^[2] Members of this genus are commonly called mastiff skinks or short-legged giant skinks.

Mastiff skinks or short-legged giant skinks
Eugongylus albofasciolatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Eugongylidae
Genus:	Eugongylus Fitzinger, 1843
Species
Five, see text

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[3]

• Eugongylus albofasciolatus (Günther, 1872) – white-banded mastiff skink, white-banded giant skink, white-striped cape skink, barred shark skink
• Eugongylus mentovarius (Boettger, 1895) – odd-chinned mastiff skink, odd-chinned giant skink
• Eugongylus rufescens (Shaw, 1802) – bar-lipped sheen-skink
• Eugongylus sulaensis (Kopstein, 1927) – Sula skink
• Eugongylus unilineatus (de Rooij, 1915)

Notabene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Eugongylus.