Concinnia tigrina
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The yellow-blotched forest-skink or rainforest water-skink (Concinnia tigrina) is a species of skink found in Queensland in Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rainforest Water-skink sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 31 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February and April
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rainforest Water-skink in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June and December, the lowest months. Those are among Daintree National Park's wettest months, with about 260 mm of rain a month against 50 mm in September.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rainforest Water-skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rainforest Water-skink sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Rainforest Water-skink that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Northern Red-throated Rainbow Skink (about 40%), Closed-litter Rainbow Skink (about 40%) and Major Skink (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rainforest Water-skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Daintree National Park (29 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.
