Lipinia vittigera
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Lipinia vittigera, the banded lipinia, Sipora striped skink or common striped skink, is a species of skink in the genus of Lipinia native to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Lipinia sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 93 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 27th most-seen of the 64 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.
January–June and August–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Lipinia in Singapore on a given day, against under 5% in July and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Lipinia sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Singapore, in our data
Singapore is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Banded Lipinia sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Banded Lipinia that you can see in Singapore (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Many-lined Sun-skink (about 30%) and Bowring’s Supple Skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Lipinia is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Singapore (93 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.
