Brachymeles

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 accepted at The Reptile Database:[1]

• Brachymeles apus Hikida, 1982 – Hikida's short-legged skink
• Brachymeles bicolandia Siler et al., 2011 – Bicol slender skink
• Brachymeles bicolor (Gray, 1845) – two-colored short-legged skink
• Brachymeles boholensis W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967 – Bohol short-legged skink
• Brachymeles bonitae A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – stub-limbed burrowing skink, pretty short-legged skink
• Brachymeles boulengeri Taylor, 1922 – Boulenger's short-legged skink
• Brachymeles brevidactylus Siler et al., 2011 – Southern Bicol slender skink
• Brachymeles burksi Taylor, 1917 – Burks's burrowing skink
• Brachymeles cebuensis W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967 – listed as an EDGE species by the Zoological Society of London[2] – Rabor's short-legged skink
• Brachymeles cobos Siler et al., 2011 – Catanduañes slender skink
• Brachymeles dalawangdaliri Davis et al., 2016 – Tablas slender skink
• Brachymeles elerae Taylor, 1917 – common short-legged skink
• Brachymeles gracilis (Fischer, 1885) – graceful short-legged skink
• Brachymeles hilong W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967 – graceful short-legged skink
• Brachymeles ilocandia Siler et al., 2016 – Ilokano slender skink
• Brachymeles isangdaliri Davis et al., 2014 – Aurora slender skink
• Brachymeles kadwa Siler & R.M. Brown, 2010 – Jessi's slender skink
• Brachymeles libayani Siler et al., 2011 – Lapinig Islands slender skink
• Brachymeles ligtas Geheber et al., 2016 – Lubang slender skink
• Brachymeles lukbani Siler et al., 2010
• Brachymeles makusog Siler et al., 2010
• Brachymeles mapalanggaon Davis et al., 2014 – Masbate slender skink
• Brachymeles mindorensis W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967 – Mindoro short-legged skink
• Brachymeles minimus W.C. Brown & E.L. Alcala, 1995
• Brachymeles miriamae (Heyer, 1972) – Miriam's skink
• Brachymeles muntingkamay Siler et al., 2009 – Caraballo Mountains loam-swimming skink
• Brachymeles orientalis W.C. Brown & Rabor, 1967 – southern burrowing skink
• Brachymeles paeforum Siler et al., 2011 – PAEF slender skink
• Brachymeles pathfinderi Taylor, 1925 – pathfinder short-legged skink
• Brachymeles samad Siler et al., 2012 – Eastern Visayas slender skink
• Brachymeles samarensis W.C. Brown, 1956 – Brown's short-legged skink
• Brachymeles schadenbergi (Fischer, 1885) – Schadenberg's burrowing skink
• Brachymeles suluensis Taylor, 1918 – graceful short-legged skink
• Brachymeles talinis W.C. Brown, 1956 – Duméril's short-legged skink
• Brachymeles taylori W.C. Brown, 1956 – Taylor's short-legged skink
• Brachymeles tiboliorum Siler et al., 2012 – Western Mindanao slender skink
• Brachymeles tridactylus W.C. Brown, 1956 – three-fingered short-legged skink
• Brachymeles tungaoi Siler & R.M. Brown, 2010 – Tungao's slender skink
• Brachymeles vermis Taylor, 1918 – Taylor's short-legged skink
• Brachymeles vindumi Siler & R.M. Brown, 2010 – Jens's slender skink
• Brachymeles vulcani Siler et al., 2012 – Camiguin Sur slender skink
• Brachymeles wrighti Taylor, 1925 – Wright's short-legged skink

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

• Austin JJ, Arnold EN (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.12.011 (HTML abstract).
• Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... Scincidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Genus Brachymeles, p. 386).
• Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Brachymeles, new genus, p. 776). (in French).