Cryptoblepharus buchananii
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Cryptoblepharus buchananii, also known as Buchanan's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Western Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink sighting in Perth on a given day, based on 478 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 23 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink in Perth on a given day, against about 30% in January and July, the lowest months. That is one of Perth's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 130 mm in July.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Perth, in our data
Perth is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink that you can see in Perth (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Shingleback Lizard (about 40%), Two-toed Earless Skink (about 30%) and King's Skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Perth (478 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.
