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title: "Tussock Skink"
description: "Pseudemoia pagenstecheri — Répteis. Pseudemoia pagenstecheri, also known commonly as the southern grass tussock skink and the southern tussock grass skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/tussock-skink
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Tussock Skink

> Pseudemoia pagenstecheri — Répteis. Pseudemoia pagenstecheri, also known commonly as the southern grass tussock skink and the southern tussock grass skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudemoia pagenstecheri*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 687
- Wikidata: [Q5123860](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5123860)
- iNaturalist taxon: [37747](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37747)

## Names

- en: Tussock Skink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (586)

## Summary

Pseudemoia pagenstecheri, also known commonly as the southern grass tussock skink and the southern tussock grass skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

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

## Photo

![Tussock Skink](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tussock-skink/medium.jpg)

Photo: corunastylis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/70021499

## Machine access

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