Indian Forest Skink

base stats

• NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 6,361iNaturalist observations
• weight 4.5 gadult, up to
• length 7.6 cmadult, up to
• 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.
• 🌍6,361 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 🪶Weighs only about 5 g.
• 📏About 8 cm long.
• 📜Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1853 (173 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Indian Forest Skink

scientific name

Sphenomorphus indicus

class

Reptilia

order

Squamata

family

Scincidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

0

sightings worldwide

6,361

GBIF records in NL

0

weight

4.5 g

length

7.6 cm

lifespan

—

named

1853 by John Edward Gray

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