Typhlosaurus caecus
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The southern blind legless skink (Typhlosaurus caecus), also known commonly as Cuvier's legless skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Acontinae of the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to South Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 35th most-seen of the 35 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.
July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–June, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cape Town, in our data
Cape Town is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink that you can see in Cape Town (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Cape Skink (about 30%), Linnaeus' Lance Skink (about 10%) and Red-sided Skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cuvier's Blind Legless Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cape Town (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.
