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title: "Elegant Snake-eyed Skink"
description: "Cryptoblepharus pulcher — Rettili. Cryptoblepharus pulcher, the elegant snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/elegant-snake-eyed-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Elegant Snake-eyed Skink

> Cryptoblepharus pulcher — Rettili. Cryptoblepharus pulcher, the elegant snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Cryptoblepharus pulcher*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5105
- Wikidata: [Q3005835](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3005835)
- iNaturalist taxon: [98718](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/98718)

## Names

- en: Elegant Snake-eyed Skink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (4790)

## Summary

Cryptoblepharus pulcher, the elegant snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to southern and eastern Australia.

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

## Photo

![Elegant Snake-eyed Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/elegant-snake-eyed-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damo O · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41026972

## Machine access

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