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According to the cladogram in my herpetology text, they are not really related. Iguania goes to the left and includes Igunanidae, Agamidae, and Chamaeleonidae. Everything else goes to the right under Scleroglossa. Scleroglossa splits into three branches. Tegus and skinks are in different branches, so any relation would end at that point. Tegus are in Lacertiformes, and skinks are in a much larger grouping, Diploglossa.

My cladogram is much more detailed, like this one (you have to scroll to find it)
Messy link, but it is the only one I could find
http://www.csub.edu/~dgermano/Courses/Reptile.pdf

[QUOTE="laurarfl, post: 120562, member: 401"] According to the cladogram in my herpetology text, they are not really related. Iguania goes to the left and includes Igunanidae, Agamidae, and Chamaeleonidae. Everything else goes to the right under Scleroglossa. Scleroglossa splits into three branches. Tegus and skinks are in different branches, so any relation would end at that point. Tegus are in Lacertiformes, and skinks are in a much larger grouping, Diploglossa. My cladogram is much more detailed, like this one (you have to scroll to find it) Messy link, but it is the only one I could find http://www.csub.edu/~dgermano/Courses/Reptile.pdf [/QUOTE]

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