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title: "Indian Forest Skink"
description: "Sphenomorphus indicus — Reptiles. Sphenomorphus indicus (Indian forest skink) is a species of skink."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/indian-forest-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Indian Forest Skink

> Sphenomorphus indicus — Reptiles. Sphenomorphus indicus (Indian forest skink) is a species of skink.

- Scientific name: *Sphenomorphus indicus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 6212
- Wikidata: [Q610725](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q610725)
- iNaturalist taxon: [37541](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37541)

## Names

- en: Indian Forest Skink
- de: Indischer Waldskink

## Countries with the most observations

TW (3085), CN (607), HK (484), TH (97), IN (37), VN (36), LA (6), BT (5), MM (4)

## Summary

Sphenomorphus indicus (Indian forest skink) is a species of skink.

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

## Photo

![Indian Forest Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indian-forest-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Agnes Trekker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297741837

## Machine access

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