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title: "Blue-speckled Forest Skink"
description: "Silvascincus murrayi — Rettili. Silvascincus murrayi, also known commonly as the blue-speckled forest-skink and Murray's skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/blue-speckled-forest-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-speckled Forest Skink

> Silvascincus murrayi — Rettili. Silvascincus murrayi, also known commonly as the blue-speckled forest-skink and Murray's skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Silvascincus murrayi*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1172
- Wikidata: [Q3060329](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3060329)
- iNaturalist taxon: [540197](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/540197)

## Names

- en: Blue-speckled Forest Skink
- fr: Eulamprus murrayi
- nl: Eulamprus murrayi

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1032)

## Summary

Silvascincus murrayi, also known commonly as the blue-speckled forest-skink and Murray's skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sphenomorphinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262078333

## Machine access

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