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title: "White's Skink"
description: "Liopholis whitii — Reptielen. White's skink (Liopholis whitii), also known commonly as White's rock skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-s-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White's Skink

> Liopholis whitii — Reptielen. White's skink (Liopholis whitii), also known commonly as White's rock skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family.

- Scientific name: *Liopholis whitii*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1591
- Wikidata: [Q3017830](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017830)
- iNaturalist taxon: [38592](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38592)

## Names

- en: White's Skink
- de: White-Stachelskink
- nl: White's Skink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1545)

## Summary

White's skink (Liopholis whitii), also known commonly as White's rock skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family. It was first described in 1804 by French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède. It is endemic to Australia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Connor Margetts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/38592

## Machine access

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