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title: "King's Skink"
description: "Egernia kingii — Rettili. King's skink (Egernia kingii) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/king-s-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# King's Skink

> Egernia kingii — Rettili. King's skink (Egernia kingii) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Egernia kingii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1963
- Wikidata: [Q3008779](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3008779)
- iNaturalist taxon: [99728](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/99728)

## Names

- en: King's Skink
- de: Kings Skink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1917)

## Summary

King's skink (Egernia kingii) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: bitsandbugs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/364996264

## Machine access

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