---
title: "Variable Skink"
description: "Trachylepis varia — Reptiles. The eastern variable skink (Trachylepis varia) is a species of skink found in East Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/variable-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Variable Skink

> Trachylepis varia — Reptiles. The eastern variable skink (Trachylepis varia) is a species of skink found in East Africa.

- Scientific name: *Trachylepis varia*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sabana)
- iNaturalist observations: 2045
- Wikidata: [Q5126879](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5126879)
- iNaturalist taxon: [37415](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37415)

## Names

- en: Variable Skink

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1212), MZ (158), MW (143), TZ (50), ZW (39), SZ (37), KE (32), ZM (32), NA (9), BW (6), ET (3), RW (3)

## Summary

The eastern variable skink (Trachylepis varia) is a species of skink found in East Africa.

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

## Photo

![Variable Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/variable-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108929186

## Machine access

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