Acritoscincus platynotus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The red-throated cool-skink or red-throated skink (Acritoscincus platynotus) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-throated Cool-skink sighting in Sydney on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 39 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Red-throated Cool-skink in Sydney on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-throated Cool-skink sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Sydney, in our data
Sydney is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-throated Cool-skink sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Red-throated Cool-skink that you can see in Sydney (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Eastern Water Skink (about 40%), Common Bluetongue (about 30%) and Elegant Snake-eyed Skink (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-throated Cool-skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Sydney (16 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.
