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title: "Southwestern Crevice Skink"
description: "Egernia napoleonis — Reptiles. The southwestern crevice-skink (Egernia napoleonis), also known commonly as the south-western crevice skink and the Napoleon skink, is a species of large skink, a lizard in the subfamily Egerniinae of the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/southwestern-crevice-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southwestern Crevice Skink

> Egernia napoleonis — Reptiles. The southwestern crevice-skink (Egernia napoleonis), also known commonly as the south-western crevice skink and the Napoleon skink, is a species of large skink, a lizard in the subfamily Egerniinae of the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Egernia napoleonis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 845
- Wikidata: [Q3049147](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3049147)
- iNaturalist taxon: [38612](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38612)

## Names

- en: Southwestern Crevice Skink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (833)

## Summary

The southwestern crevice-skink (Egernia napoleonis), also known commonly as the south-western crevice skink and the Napoleon skink, is a species of large skink, a lizard in the subfamily Egerniinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Australian state of Western Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_crevice-skink

## Photo

![Southwestern Crevice Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southwestern-crevice-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: taylor duncan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259522556

## Machine access

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