Ablepharus rueppellii
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Ablepharus rueppellii, known commonly as Rüppell's snake-eyed skink, is a species of skink found in the Middle East. It was formerly considered a subspecies of Ablepharus kitaibelii, but has since been distinguished. What is currently recognized as this species is possibly two distinct species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Jerusalem | 🇮🇱 Israel |
No species of the same family or order lives in Jerusalem, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Rüppel's Snake-eyed skink sighting in Jerusalem on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 10 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Rüppel's Snake-eyed skink in Jerusalem on a given day, against under 5% in January, July and September, the lowest months. That is one of Jerusalem's wettest months, with about 85 mm of rain against almost none in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rüppel's Snake-eyed skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Jerusalem, in our data
Jerusalem is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rüppel's Snake-eyed skink sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rüppel's Snake-eyed skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Jerusalem (12 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.
