Lygosoma lineata
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Riopa lineata, the lined writhing skink or lined supple skink, is a species of writhing skink. It is known from India (the northern Western Ghats), Bangladesh and Myanmar (= Burma). This skink grows to about 6 cm in length. The body colouration is golden and each scale has a black dot forming longitudinal stripes on the body. It is known to occur from Gujarat to north of Karnataka. In Mumbai this skink has been observed in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and Aarey milk colony. It is often found under rocks, loose soil associated with termite mounds and ant hills. It is crepuscular. A captive individual accepted termites, mosquito, house flies, ant eggs for about 45 days and was released.
Gray, J.E. 1839 Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 2: 331-337 (287-293) Naik Y M; Vinod K R 1994 Record of a rare skink Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) from Kevadia, Gujarat. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 91 (2): 324–325.
Narasimmarajan, K. and Subhasis Mahato 2013. First record of the Lygosoma lineata (Grey 1839) from Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra. Reptile Rap. 15. 9–10. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Pune | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Lined Supple Skink sighting in Pune on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 15th most-seen of the 20 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lined Supple Skink in Pune on a given day, against under 5% in April and September–January, the lowest months. That is one of Pune's driest months, with almost no rain against 520 mm in July.
Only Pune, in our data
Pune is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Lined Supple Skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lined Supple Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Pune (8 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.
