Skinks are lizards belangin tae the faimily Scincidae.

skinks
Eastren blue-tongued lizard
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Squamata
Superfaimily: Scincoidea
Faimily: Scincidae
Gray, 1825
Subfaimilies

Acontinae
Lygosominae
Scincinae (probably paraphyletic)