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title: "Speckled Rock Skink"
description: "Trachylepis punctatissima — Reptiles. Trachylepis punctatissima, commonly called the montane speckled skink or speckled rock skink, is a lizard in the skink family (Scincidae) which is widespread in southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/speckled-rock-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Speckled Rock Skink

> Trachylepis punctatissima — Reptiles. Trachylepis punctatissima, commonly called the montane speckled skink or speckled rock skink, is a lizard in the skink family (Scincidae) which is widespread in southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Trachylepis punctatissima*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 2786
- Wikidata: [Q5128689](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5128689)
- iNaturalist taxon: [114294](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114294)

## Names

- en: Speckled Rock Skink

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2557), ZW (52), BW (33), LS (24), SZ (23), MZ (9)

## Summary

Trachylepis punctatissima, commonly called the montane speckled skink or speckled rock skink, is a lizard in the skink family (Scincidae) which is widespread in southern Africa. The common and adaptable species occurs in a variety of habitat types at middle to high altitudes. It was for a time treated as a southern race of the African striped skink, T. striata.

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

## Photo

![Speckled Rock Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/speckled-rock-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/114294

## Machine access

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