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title: "Red-sided Skink"
description: "Trachylepis homalocephala — Reptiles. Trachylepis homalocephala, commonly known as the red-sided skink, is a small, slender species of skink in the subfamily Mabuyinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/red-sided-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-sided Skink

> Trachylepis homalocephala — Reptiles. Trachylepis homalocephala, commonly known as the red-sided skink, is a small, slender species of skink in the subfamily Mabuyinae.

- Scientific name: *Trachylepis homalocephala*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1484
- Wikidata: [Q1153803](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1153803)
- iNaturalist taxon: [37431](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37431)

## Names

- en: Red-sided Skink
- de: Rotseitenskink

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1434)

## Summary

Trachylepis homalocephala, commonly known as the red-sided skink, is a small, slender species of skink in the subfamily Mabuyinae.

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

## Photo

![Red-sided Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-sided-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145377985

## Machine access

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