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title: "Southern Grass Skink"
description: "Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii — Reptiles. Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii, also known commonly as Entrecasteaux's skink, the southern grass skink, the tussock cool-skink, and the tussock skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/southern-grass-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Grass Skink

> Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii — Reptiles. Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii, also known commonly as Entrecasteaux's skink, the southern grass skink, the tussock cool-skink, and the tussock skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Praderas y campos)
- iNaturalist observations: 971
- Wikidata: [Q195999](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q195999)
- iNaturalist taxon: [110927](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/110927)

## Names

- en: Southern Grass Skink
- nl: Southern Grass Skink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (726)

## Summary

Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii, also known commonly as Entrecasteaux's skink, the southern grass skink, the tussock cool-skink, and the tussock skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

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

## Photo

![Southern Grass Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-grass-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144968638

## Machine access

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