Scincella vandenburghi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Scincella vandenburghi, also known commonly as the Korean skink, the Tsushima ground skink, and the Tsushima smooth skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to East Asia Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Seoul | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
No species of the same family or order lives in Seoul, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tsushima Ground Skink sighting in Seoul on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 13 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tsushima Ground Skink in Seoul on a given day, against under 5% in June–September and November–March, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tsushima Ground 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 Seoul, in our data
Seoul is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tsushima Ground Skink sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tsushima Ground Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Seoul (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.
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