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title: "Parelskink"
description: "Chalcides ocellatus — Reptielen. Chalcides ocellatus, or the ocellated skink (also known as the eyed skink or gongilo) is a species of skink found in Greece, southern Italy, Malta, Lebanon, UAE, Israel, Palestine, and parts of northern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ocellated-bronze-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Parelskink

> Chalcides ocellatus — Reptielen. Chalcides ocellatus, or the ocellated skink (also known as the eyed skink or gongilo) is a species of skink found in Greece, southern Italy, Malta, Lebanon, UAE, Israel, Palestine, and parts of northern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Chalcides ocellatus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2182
- Wikidata: [Q1470322](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1470322)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53645](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53645)

## Names

- en: Ocellated Bronze Skink
- de: Gefleckter Walzenskink
- es: Eslizón ocelado
- fr: Seps ocellé
- nl: Parelskink
- pl: Ostajnica nakrapiana

## Countries with the most observations

IT (499), GR (377), IL (215), MT (198), DZ (121), TN (104), CY (93), MA (81), AE (70), TR (28), EG (26), OM (19)

## Summary

Chalcides ocellatus, or the ocellated skink (also known as the eyed skink or gongilo) is a species of skink found in Greece, southern Italy, Malta, Lebanon, UAE, Israel, Palestine, and parts of northern Africa. It is also found in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.

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

## Photo

![Parelskink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ocellated-bronze-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: Raffaele Maiorano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88848597

## Machine access

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