Scincella silvicola
Silhouette: David Orr · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Scincella silvicola is a species of skink that lives in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental and northern Sierra Madre de Oaxaca of Mexico, from Puebla to Oaxaca. It occurs primarily in dry, scrubby areas and forests, especially pine forests. It is generally a common species and faces no major threats. It is most likely ovoviviparous.
Like all members of the genus Scincella, S. silvicola is long and cylindrical, with short limbs. Its color is light bronze or cream, and it has a dark stripe originating at the snout and running dorsolaterally across its body. Its maximum snout-vent length is about 53 millimeters.
Canseco-Márquez, L. & Santos-Barrera, G. (2007). "Scincella silvicola". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN: e.T64246A12758239. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64246A12758239.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
García-Vásquez, Uri, and Manuel Feria-Ortiz. "Skinks of Mexico." Reptilia No. 49: 74–79. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Taylor’s Ground Skink sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 43 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Taylor’s Ground Skink in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Cumbres de Monterrey National Park's wettest months, with about 160 mm of rain against 20 mm in December.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Taylor’s Ground 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.
Only Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, in our data
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Taylor’s Ground Skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Taylor’s Ground Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (31 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.
