Carlia vivax
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Carlia vivax, the lively rainbow-skink or tussock rainbow-skink, is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tussock Rainbow-skink sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 31st 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 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May and September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tussock Rainbow-skink in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–August and October–February, the lowest months.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tussock Rainbow-skink sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Tussock Rainbow-skink that you can see in Brisbane (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Eastern Water Skink (about 30%), Common Bluetongue (about 30%) and Elegant Snake-eyed Skink (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tussock Rainbow-skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Brisbane (22 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.
