Kingdom Animalia (animals) Eumetazoa (metazoans) Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals) Deuterostomia (deuterostomes) Phylum Chordata (chordates) Craniata (craniates) Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates) Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates) Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates) Tetrapoda (tetrapods) Amniota (amniotes) Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives) Order Squamata Family Scincidae Genus Scincella Species Scincella ladacensis (Ladak Ground Skink) Infraspecies Scincella ladacensis himalayana