Trachylepis gravenhorstii
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Trachylepis gravenhorstii, also known commonly as Gravenhorst's mabuya, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. The specific name, gravenhorstii, is in honor of German zoologist Johann Ludwig Christian Gravenhorst.
The preferred natural habitats of T. gravenhorstii are rocky areas, grassland, shrubland, and forest, but is also found in coffee plantations and ylang-ylang plantations. T gravenhorstii may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7 cm (2.8 in), and a total length (including tail) of 18 cm (7.1 in).
T. gravenhorstii is oviparous. Duméril AMC, Bibron G (1839). Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles. Tome cinquième [Volume 5]. Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Euprepes gravenhorstii, new species, p. 686). (in French).
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
No species of the same family or order lives in Antananarivo, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Gravenhorst's Mabuya sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 7 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Gravenhorst's Mabuya in Antananarivo on a given day, against under 5% in March, May, July–August and October–December, the lowest months. That is one of Antananarivo's driest months, with about 85 mm of rain against 480 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gravenhorst's Mabuya sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Antananarivo, in our data
Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Gravenhorst's Mabuya sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gravenhorst's Mabuya is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Antananarivo (9 verified sightings), 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.
