Where to see
Trachylepis margaritifera
Gonarezhou National Park leads · 7 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Rainbow Skink during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gonarezhou National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Tsavo East National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 4 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 5 | Tsavo West National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 6 | uMkhuze Game Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Gonarezhou National Park
In Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe, about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Rainbow Skink sighting on a given day, the highest of the 7 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Kruger National Park and more
After Gonarezhou National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Rainbow Skink are in Kruger National Park (South Africa, about 40%), Tsavo East National Park (Kenya, about 40%) and Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are March–April and October–November in Gonarezhou National Park (about 70%), September to January in Kruger National Park (about 50%) and October and December in Tsavo East National Park (about 50%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Rainbow Skink on a given day. Each park's Rainbow Skink page has the full month-by-month chart.
