---
title: "Bowring’s Supple Skink"
description: "Subdoluseps bowringii — Reptiles. Subdoluseps bowringii, also known commonly as Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, and the Christmas Island grass-skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/bowring-s-supple-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bowring’s Supple Skink

> Subdoluseps bowringii — Reptiles. Subdoluseps bowringii, also known commonly as Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, and the Christmas Island grass-skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Subdoluseps bowringii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1009
- iNaturalist taxon: [1250069](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1250069)

## Names

- en: Bowring’s Supple Skink
- de: Bowrings Laubskink

## Countries with the most observations

TH (265), ID (251), SG (175), MY (114), VN (27), KH (9), CX (4), MM (4)

## Summary

Subdoluseps bowringii, also known commonly as Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, and the Christmas Island grass-skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

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

## Photo

![Bowring’s Supple Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bowring-s-supple-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/241769722

## Machine access

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