#1569 · 🦎 reptiles
European Copper Skink
🇳🇱 Johannisskink ·Ablepharus kitaibelii
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what is it?
Ablepharus kitaibelii , commonly known as the European copper skink , juniper skink or European snake-eyed skink , is a species of lizard from the skink family (Scincidae).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,245 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1833 (193 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Copper Skink
- Nederlands
- Johannisskink
- scientific name
- Ablepharus kitaibelii
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Scincidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 901
- sightings worldwide
- 1,245
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1833 by Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Scincidae
#1617 📷 10Common Five-lined Skink
🇳🇱 Gestreepte skink
Plestiodon fasciatus
LC 🌍 58.2k seen
#1638 📷 10Little Brown Skink
🇳🇱 Kleine bruine skink
Scincella lateralis
LC 🌍 23k seen
#1655 📷 8Broad-headed Skink
🇳🇱 Breedkopskink
Plestiodon laticeps
LC 🌍 16.7k seen
#1658 📷 7Common Sun Skink
Eutropis multifasciata
LC 🌍 15.4k seen
#1672 📷 10Common Bluetongue
🇳🇱 Gewone blauwtongskink
Tiliqua scincoides
LC 🌍 12.8k seen
#1674 📷 10Shingleback
🇳🇱 Pijnappelskink
Tiliqua rugosa
LC 🌍 12.8k seen
#1685 📷 10Western Skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus
LC 🌍 11.4k seen
#1688 📷 8Eastern Water Skink
Eulamprus quoyii
LC 🌍 10.9k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 73585, Wikidata Q931333, GBIF 2461293, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.