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title: "Shrubland Morethia Skink"
description: "Morethia obscura — Reptilien. The shrubland Morethia skink (Morethia obscura) is a species of skink endemic to Australia, of the family Scincidae, found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria (Australia), Western Australia in Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/shrubland-morethia-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Shrubland Morethia Skink

> Morethia obscura — Reptilien. The shrubland Morethia skink (Morethia obscura) is a species of skink endemic to Australia, of the family Scincidae, found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria (Australia), Western Australia in Australia.

- Scientific name: *Morethia obscura*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 568
- Wikidata: [Q5122338](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5122338)
- iNaturalist taxon: [37927](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37927)

## Names

- en: Shrubland Morethia Skink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (534)

## Summary

The shrubland Morethia skink (Morethia obscura) is a species of skink endemic to Australia, of the family Scincidae, found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria (Australia), Western Australia in Australia.

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

## Photo

![Shrubland Morethia Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/shrubland-morethia-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: bitsandbugs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342847607

## Machine access

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