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Scincella doriae
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Scincella doriae, also known commonly as Doria's ground skink and Doria's smooth skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia. The specific name, doriae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Giacomo Doria.
A. doriae is found in China (Sichuan, Yunnan), Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The preferred natural habitat of S. doriae is forest, at altitudes around 1,200 m (3,900 ft). Large for the genus Scincella, adults of S. doriae have an average snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 5.6 cm (2.2 in).
The mode of reproduction of S. doriae is unknown. Boulenger GA (1887). "An account of the Scincoid Lizards collected in Burma, for the Genoa Civic Museum, by Messrs. G. B. Comotto and L. Fea". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 4: 618–624. (Lygosoma doriæ, new species, p. 620).
Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Lygosoma doriæ, p. 201... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Kunming | 🇨🇳 China |
No species of the same family or order lives in Kunming, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Doria's Ground Skink sighting in Kunming on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 5 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.
August and October
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Doria's Ground Skink in Kunming on a given day, against under 5% in March, June–July, September and November–January, the lowest months. Those are among Kunming's wettest months, with about 110 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in February.
Only Kunming, in our data
Kunming is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Doria's Ground Skink sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Doria's Ground Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kunming (6 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.
