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#1688 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Water Skink

Eulamprus quoyii

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Jordan H · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © dhfischer · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © vickipowys · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Alex J. · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Andrew Harvey · CC BY 4.0
  6. 6. © Colin Trainor · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © sea-kangaroo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  8. 8. © tranr96 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Eastern Water Skink, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Jordan H · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Eulamprus quoyii , commonly known as the eastern water skink , eastern water-skink , or golden water skink , is a species of diurnal skink, which is endemic to Australia, primarily in the southeast.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 10,945iNaturalist 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.
  • 10,945 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by André Marie Constant Duméril in 1839 (187 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Eastern Water Skink
scientific name
Eulamprus quoyii
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Scincidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
10,945
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1839 by André Marie Constant Duméril

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Scincidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 100709, Wikidata Q3019610, GBIF 2462660, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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