Lampropholis guichenoti
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) is a small species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Additional common names for L. guichenoti include grass skink, Guichenot's grass skink, pale-flecked garden sunskink, and penny lizard.
The specific name, guichenoti, is in honor of French zoologist Antoine Alphonse Guichenot. In Australia, L. guichenoti is often seen in suburban gardens in Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, but also is common across most of Southern Australia, Tasmania, and some of New South Wales.
L. guichenoti can grow to a maximum length, including its tail, of 14 cm (5.5 in), but the average total length is 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in). The average common garden skink lives for 2–3 years. It usually has a browny black colour and may appear a dark shade of red when bathing in the sun. The lighter its colour, the more energetic it is. It has small sharp teeth which easily slice through smaller prey. Even wild individuals are very docile, and rarely bite humans when touched or picked up.
The female pale-flecked garden sunskink has a yellowish, almost orange... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Flinders Chase | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink sighting in Melbourne on a given day, based on 556 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 23 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.
November and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink in Melbourne on a given day, against about 10% in June to September, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink sightings, Melbourne has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Sydney (Australia, about 10%) and Brisbane (Australia, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Melbourne (556 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.
