Plestiodon quadrilineatus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Plestiodon quadrilineatus, the Hong Kong skink or four-striped skink, is a species of lizard which is found in China, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Cuc Phuong National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Four-striped Skink sighting in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 16 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Four-striped Skink in Cuc Phuong National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March–April, June and October, the lowest months. That is one of Cuc Phuong National Park's wettest months, with about 390 mm of rain against 40 mm in December.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Four-striped Skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Cuc Phuong National Park, in our data
Cuc Phuong National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Four-striped Skink sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Four-striped Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cuc Phuong National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
