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title: "Kupferschwanzskink"
description: "Ctenotus taeniolatus — Reptilien. Ctenotus taeniolatus, the copper-tailed ctenotus or copper-tailed skink, is a species of medium-sized skink found commonly along the eastern seaboard of Australia and throughout the country generally."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/copper-tailed-ctenotus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Kupferschwanzskink

> Ctenotus taeniolatus — Reptilien. Ctenotus taeniolatus, the copper-tailed ctenotus or  copper-tailed skink, is a species of medium-sized skink found commonly along the eastern seaboard of Australia and throughout the country generally.

- Scientific name: *Ctenotus taeniolatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1721
- Wikidata: [Q3006614](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3006614)
- iNaturalist taxon: [98781](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/98781)

## Names

- en: Copper-tailed Ctenotus
- de: Kupferschwanzskink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1534)

## Summary

Ctenotus taeniolatus, the copper-tailed ctenotus or  copper-tailed skink, is a species of medium-sized skink found commonly along the eastern seaboard of Australia and throughout the country generally. Striped skinks are found in open bushland and heathland. They can grow to be 30 cm long.
Striped skinks are olive brown on top with stripes of dark brown and white running from head to tail. They have a black, white-edged vertebral band and a white dorsolateral band edged in black. The sides are dark brown and spotted with white.
Like most skinks, they eat mainly small invertebrates like insects and worms. They live…

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

## Photo

![Kupferschwanzskink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/copper-tailed-ctenotus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130748072

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/copper-tailed-ctenotus?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).