Oligosoma repens
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Eyres skink (Oligosoma repens) is a nationally vulnerable species of skink native to New Zealand. It is named in honour of the location of its habitat, the Eyre Mountains. As of 2012 the Department of Conservation (DOC) classified the Eyres skink as Nationally Vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.
Holotype specimen of Oligosoma repens held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wikipedia →
| # | 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 an Eyres skink sighting in Fiordland National Park on a given day, based on 35 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January to March
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Eyres skink in Fiordland National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to October, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eyres skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 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 Eyres skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Oligosoma
The closest relatives of the Eyres skink that you can see in Fiordland National Park (genus Oligosoma, New Zealand skinks) are Cryptic 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 Eyres skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Fiordland National Park (35 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.
