Cryptoblepharus africanus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Cryptoblepharus africanus, the East African snake-eyed skink or African coral rag skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is found in eastern Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an East-African Snake-eyed Skink sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th 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 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June–July, October and December–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an East-African Snake-eyed Skink in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May, August–September and November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most East-African Snake-eyed 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 East-African Snake-eyed Skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the East-African Snake-eyed Skink that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Eastern Sand Skink (about 30%), African Striped Skink (about 30%) and Giant Lance Skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the East-African Snake-eyed Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (18 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.
