Lampropholis guichenoti
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) is a small species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Additional common names for L. guichenoti include grass skink, Guichenot's grass skink, pale-flecked garden sunskink, and penny lizard.
The specific name, guichenoti, is in honor of French zoologist Antoine Alphonse Guichenot. In Australia, L. guichenoti is often seen in suburban gardens in Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, but also is common across most of Southern Australia, Tasmania, and some of New South Wales.
L. guichenoti can grow to a maximum length, including its tail, of 14 cm (5.5 in), but the average total length is 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in). The average common garden skink lives for 2–3 years. It usually has a browny black colour and may appear a dark shade of red when bathing in the sun. The lighter its colour, the more energetic it is. It has small sharp teeth which easily slice through smaller prey. Even wild individuals are very docile, and rarely bite humans when touched or picked up.
The female pale-flecked garden sunskink has a yellowish, almost orange... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th most-seen of the 43 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months. That is one of Brisbane's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 40 mm in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink sightings, Brisbane ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Melbourne (Australia, about 20%) and Sydney (Australia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Brisbane (6 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.
