Ateuchosaurus chinensis
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Ateuchosaurus chinensis, the Chinese short-limbed skink or Chinese ateuchosaurus, is a species of skink. It is found in China and Vietnam. The Chinese short-limbed skink has an elongated body, with a snout-vent length of 70–80 mm in females and 82-83.8 mm in males. The tail is longer than the body, but tends to be shorter in individuals with regenerated tails. This lizard has short, pentadactyl limbs, with the fingers and toes being widely separated when adpressed. The snout is short and obtuse. The animal has a brownish color with a cream or yellowish white underside, and black and white spots on its flanks.
This skink is endemic to Vietnam and southern and central China. In Vietnam, it was originally known only from Mau Son Mountains, Lạng Sơn province, but has also since been found in secondary forests in Bắc Giang province and Hà Giang province. In China, it has been found in Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hong Kong, Hainan and Nan'ao Island. It is a terrestrial animal which lives among leaf litter on the floor of secondary forests and mixed forests of bamboo and wooden trees.
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Chinese Ateuchosaurus sighting in Hong Kong on a given day, based on 5 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.
May and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Chinese Ateuchosaurus in Hong Kong on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and September–April, the lowest months. Those are among Hong Kong's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 25 mm in December.
Only Hong Kong, in our data
Hong Kong is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Chinese Ateuchosaurus sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Chinese Ateuchosaurus that you can see in Hong Kong (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Longtail Mabuya (about 30%), Four-striped Skink (about 10%) and Reeves's Leaf-litter Skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Chinese Ateuchosaurus is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Hong Kong (5 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.
