#1556 · 🦎 reptiles

Ocellated Bronze Skink

🇳🇱 Parelskink ·Chalcides ocellatus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Mason Salem · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © menad_b · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Lennart Hudel · CC BY 4.0
5. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Mohamed Mousaid · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Agrigento, Sicily, IT:© Adam Bouderka · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Miramar, Flórida, EUA:© charlesavenengo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Κρήτη, Καστέλλι, Κρήτη, GR:© Valia Pavlou · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

UAE, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,231iNaturalist 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.
2,231 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Forsskål in 1775 (251 years ago).