Oligosoma inconspicuum
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The cryptic skink (Oligosoma inconspicuum) is a nationally vulnerable species of skink native to New Zealand. As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the cryptic skink as At Risk under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. It was judged as meeting the criteria for At Risk threat status as a result of it having a low to high ongoing or predicted decline.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiordland National Park | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cryptic Skink sighting in Fiordland National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cryptic Skink in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–June, August and October, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cryptic 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 Fiordland National Park, in our data
Fiordland National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cryptic Skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Oligosoma
The closest relatives of the Cryptic Skink that you can see in Fiordland National Park (genus Oligosoma, New Zealand skinks) are Eyres skink (about 10%) and Barrier skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cryptic Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Fiordland National Park (30 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.
