Subdoluseps bowringii
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Subdoluseps bowringii, also known commonly as Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, and the Christmas Island grass-skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
The specific name, bowringii, is in honor of either John Charles Bowring, who was a British amateur naturalist and businessman in Hong Kong, or his father John Bowring, who was a British diplomat and a governor of Hong Kong.
West Malaysia, Pulau Tioman, Johor Pulau Besar, Pulau Sibu; India (Andaman Islands), Philippines (Sulu Archipelago), Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra ?, Java, Sulawesi), China (Hong Kong ), Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Indochina west to Myanmar (= Burma), Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Australia (Cook Islands and Christmas Island). Type locality: Hong Kong. Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III Scincidae (Second ed.). London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). (Lygosoma bowringii, pp. 308–309 + Plate XXIII, figure 3)
Boulenger GA (1887... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuching | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 8 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bowring’s Supple Skink sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 30th most-seen of the 47 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bowring’s Supple Skink in Jakarta on a given day, against about 10% in February–March, May–June and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bowring’s Supple Skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 8 cities where we can rate Bowring’s Supple Skink sightings, Jakarta ranks 3rd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kuching (Malaysia, about 20%) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 20%).
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Bowring’s Supple Skink that you can see in Jakarta (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Many-lined Sun-skink (about 50%), Linnaeus' Writhing Skink (about 10%) and Olive Dasia (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bowring’s Supple Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Jakarta (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.
