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title: "McCoy's Skink"
description: "Anepischetosia maccoyi — Reptiles. Anepischetosia maccoyi, also known commonly as the highlands forest-skink, highlands forest skink, Maccoy's elf skink, and McCoy's skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mccoy-s-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# McCoy's Skink

> Anepischetosia maccoyi — Reptiles. Anepischetosia maccoyi, also known commonly as the  highlands forest-skink, highlands forest skink, Maccoy's elf skink, and McCoy's skink,  is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Anepischetosia maccoyi*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 531
- Wikidata: [Q3335700](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3335700)
- iNaturalist taxon: [318623](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/318623)

## Names

- en: McCoy's Skink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (471)

## Summary

Anepischetosia maccoyi, also known commonly as the  highlands forest-skink, highlands forest skink, Maccoy's elf skink, and McCoy's skink,  is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae.  The species is the only species in the monotypic genus Anepischetosia, and is endemic to Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccoy%27s_elf_skink

## Photo

![McCoy's Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mccoy-s-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172833189

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mccoy-s-skink?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).