Ablepharus deserti
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The desert lidless skink (Ablepharus deserti) is a species of skink native to southern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, northern Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and eastern Turkmenistan. Wikipedia →
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No species of the same family or order lives in Shymkent, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Lidless Skink sighting in Shymkent on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Lidless Skink in Shymkent on a given day, against about 10% in January, March, May and September, the lowest months. That is one of Shymkent's driest months, with almost no rain against 75 mm in March. February has too few records to rate.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert Lidless Skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Desert Lidless Skink sightings, Shymkent has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Tashkent (Uzbekistan, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Lidless Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Shymkent (10 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.
