Menetia greyii
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Menetia greyii, commonly known as the common dwarf skink or Grey's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to mainland Australia and Indonesia. The specific name, greyii, is in honour of explorer George Grey, who became Governor of South Australia and later Governor of New Zealand. George Grey was born 14 April 1812 in Lisbon, Portugal. Inspired by Charles Sturt's discoveries in Australia, in 1836 Grey left to attempt to establish a settlement in Australia's north-west. He was knighted in 1848. After many accomplishments in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, Grey returned to London in 1894 and died in 1898.
One of Australia's most widespread and abundant lizards, the common dwarf skink is found across Australia. It is found west of the Great Dividing Range. It is not recorded to occur in north-east Northern Territory, Cape York Peninsula, southern Victoria or Tasmania, but it is known to occur in all other areas of Australia. The range of the common dwarf skink spans across approximately 93% of the continent. A continuous occurrence record map can be found online at "Atlas of Living Australia" through... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Perth | 🇦🇺 Australia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Dwarf Skink sighting in Perth on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 13th most-seen of the 23 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Common Dwarf Skink in Perth on a given day, against about 10% in February to December, the lowest months. That is one of Perth's driest months, with about 20 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 Common Dwarf Skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 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 Common Dwarf Skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Common Dwarf Skink that you can see in Perth (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Shingleback Lizard (about 40%), Buchanan's Snake-eyed Skink (about 40%) and Two-toed Earless Skink (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Dwarf Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Perth (35 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.
