Trachylepis depressa
Silhouette: David Orr · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The eastern sand skink (Trachylepis depressa) is a species of skink found in South 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 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Sand Skink sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 108 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 43 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Eastern Sand Skink in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against about 10% in July, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Eastern Sand 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 Eastern Sand Skink sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Eastern Sand Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (108 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.
