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Ocellated skink

Chalcides bottegi Boulenger, 1898

Status not recordedlizards

The ocellated skink (Chalcides bottegi) is a species in the family Scincidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 39.1 g to 53.2 g, reach 11.2 cm in length and live up to 11.5 years.

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Quick facts about the ocellated skink

Weight
39.1 g – 53.2 gsrc for Weight
Length
11.2 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
11.5 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
14 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
6 – 7src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1.4src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Live birthsrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the ocellated skink?

OCELLATED SKINK · LENGTH 11.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 11.2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the ocellated skink is about 6.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the ocellated skink live?

Not recorded

Is the ocellated skink endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ocellated skink classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyScincidae
  6. genusChalcides
  7. SpeciesChalcides bottegi Boulenger, 1898
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Chew Bahir cylindrical skinkEnglish
  • Eslizón de BottegoSpanish

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Relatives of the ocellated skink

Other species in the same genus Chalcides.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the ocellated skink?

An adult ocellated skink weighs 39.1 g – 53.2 g and measures 11.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the ocellated skink live?

The ocellated skink has a recorded lifespan of 11.5 years.

What kind of animal is the ocellated skink?

The ocellated skink (Chalcides bottegi) belongs to the family Scincidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ocellated skink (Chalcides bottegi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chalcides-bottegi

MLA

“Ocellated skink (Chalcides bottegi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chalcides-bottegi.

BibTeX
@misc{chalcides_bottegi_2026,
  title = {Ocellated skink (Chalcides bottegi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chalcides-bottegi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}