Trachylepis elegans
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The elegant mabuya (Trachylepis elegans) is a species of skink found in Madagascar. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Ankarafantsika National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Mabuya sighting in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 20 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Mabuya in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and June, the lowest months. That is one of Ankarafantsika National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 560 mm in January. February and March have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Elegant Mabuya sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ankarafantsika National Park, in our data
Ankarafantsika National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Elegant Mabuya sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Elegant Mabuya is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ankarafantsika National Park (18 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
