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title: "Cunningham's Skink"
description: "Egernia cunninghami — Rettili. Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink (Egernia cunninghami), also known commonly as Cunningham's skink, is a species of large skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cunningham-s-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cunningham's Skink

> Egernia cunninghami — Rettili. Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink (Egernia cunninghami), also known commonly as Cunningham's skink, is a species of large skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Egernia cunninghami*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2651
- Wikidata: [Q393092](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q393092)
- iNaturalist taxon: [38632](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38632)

## Names

- en: Cunningham's Skink
- de: Cunnighams Skink
- nl: Cunningham's skink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2527)

## Summary

Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink (Egernia cunninghami), also known commonly as Cunningham's skink, is a species of large skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to southeastern Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_spiny-tailed_skink

## Photo

![Cunningham's Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cunningham-s-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sandra Pearce · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/335801034

## Machine access

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