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title: "Gefleckter Waldskink"
description: "Sphenomorphus maculatus — Reptilien. Sphenomorphus maculatus, the spotted forest skink, maculated forest skink or stream-side skink is a species of skink found in China, South Asia and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/spotted-forest-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gefleckter Waldskink

> Sphenomorphus maculatus — Reptilien. Sphenomorphus maculatus, the spotted forest skink, maculated forest skink or stream-side skink is a species of skink found in China, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Sphenomorphus maculatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 2637
- Wikidata: [Q610744](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q610744)
- iNaturalist taxon: [37533](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37533)

## Names

- en: Spotted Forest Skink
- de: Gefleckter Waldskink

## Countries with the most observations

TH (1467), VN (257), IN (145), KH (108), CN (51), BD (39), LA (35), MM (29), BT (5), NP (4)

## Summary

Sphenomorphus maculatus, the spotted forest skink, maculated forest skink or stream-side skink is a species of skink found in China, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

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

## Photo

![Gefleckter Waldskink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-forest-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: lovelymon lamin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63683699

## Machine access

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