Dasia olivacea
Silhouette: David Orr · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Dasia olivacea, the olive dasia or olive tree skink, is a semi-arboreal species of skink lizard native to Southeast Asia. Dasia olivacea is found south of approximately 15° north in Southeast Asia, including parts of Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, throughout the island of Borneo (Sarawak, Kalimantan, Brunei), the Indonesian islands of Bali, Java and Sumatra (among others), as well as India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
The species is originally known from a single locality in Cambodia. The northernmost extreme for D. olivacea is possibly the Sakaerat Environmental Research Station in the Nakhon Ratchasima Province of eastern Thailand. Dasia olivacea lives almost exclusively in trees, only rarely descending to nest or to move between trees. Eggs may be laid more than once per year, in clutches of up to 14 eggs; incubation lasts 69 days. Because it is very widespread and ecologically flexible, D. olivacea is considered to be a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Dasia olivacea was first described by John Edward Gray, in a publication of the Annals of Natural History (1839), as the type... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 5 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basel Zoo | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 2 | Wrocław Zoological Garden | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | National Zoo of Malaysia | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Africarium | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 5 | Jakarta Aquarium | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | terrarium ogrodu zoologicznego we Wrocławiu | 🇵🇱 Poland |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Olive Dasia sighting in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 39th most-seen of the 47 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Olive Dasia in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July and September–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Olive Dasia sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
3rd of 5
Of the 5 parks where we can rate Olive Dasia sightings, Gunung Leuser National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Khao Sok National Park (Thailand, about 20%) and Kaeng Krachan National Park (Thailand, about 10%).
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Olive Dasia that you can see in Gunung Leuser National Park (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Many-lined Sun-skink (about 40%), Long-Toed Forest Skink (about 10%) and Rough-scaled Sun Skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Olive Dasia is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Gunung Leuser National Park (5 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.
