Scelotes vestigifer
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Scelotes vestigifer, the coastal dwarf burrowing skink, is a species of lizard which is endemic to South Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 43 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in January to September, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Coastal Dwarf Burrowing 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 iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in our data
iSimangaliso Wetland Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Scelotes
The closest relatives of the Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (genus Scelotes, Burrowing Skinks) are Fitzsimons' Dwarf Burrowing Skink (about 10%) and Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in iSimangaliso Wetland 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.
