#1582 · 🦎 reptiles

Italian Three-toed Skink

🇳🇱 Hazelskink ·Chalcides chalcides

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Tom Kirschey · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © a_calabrese · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © entomolovro · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Pacolopeh · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Martin Waldhauser · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Italy:© Simone Meacci · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 58022 Follonica GR, Italia:© Roberto Ghiglia · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Provincia di Viterbo, Italia:© Dino Biancolini · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Localita'⁠Costa, Gazzola, Emilia-Romagna, IT:© beatrice_bassanello · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Italian three-toed skink or the cylindrical skink ( Chalcides chalcides ) is a species of lizard found from Italy (including Sicily, Sardinia and Elba), to northern Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. It is common in some locations and is usually found in sunny areas with dense vegetation (usually grass up to 40 cm of height) but can also be found in arid areas. They reach about 48 cm in length, out of which the tail constitutes more than half....

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 885iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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.
885 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).