Subdoluseps bowringii
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Subdoluseps bowringii, also known commonly as Bowring's supple skink, Bowring's writhing skink, and the Christmas Island grass-skink, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lygosominae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
The specific name, bowringii, is in honor of either John Charles Bowring, who was a British amateur naturalist and businessman in Hong Kong, or his father John Bowring, who was a British diplomat and a governor of Hong Kong.
West Malaysia, Pulau Tioman, Johor Pulau Besar, Pulau Sibu; India (Andaman Islands), Philippines (Sulu Archipelago), Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra ?, Java, Sulawesi), China (Hong Kong ), Singapore, India, Bangladesh, Indochina west to Myanmar (= Burma), Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
Australia (Cook Islands and Christmas Island). Type locality: Hong Kong. Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. III Scincidae (Second ed.). London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). (Lygosoma bowringii, pp. 308–309 + Plate XXIII, figure 3)
Boulenger GA (1887... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuching | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Ho Chi Minh City | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 7 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 8 | Bangkok | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bowring’s Supple Skink sighting in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 44th most-seen of the 56 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bowring’s Supple Skink in Kaeng Krachan National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–July and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Kaeng Krachan National Park's wettest months, with about 200 mm of rain against 30 mm in December.
Between 5 and 8 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bowring’s Supple Skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kaeng Krachan National Park, in our data
Kaeng Krachan National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bowring’s Supple Skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Bowring’s Supple Skink that you can see in Kaeng Krachan National Park (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Spotted Forest Skink (about 30%), Many-lined Sun-skink (about 20%) and Bronze Grass Skink (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bowring’s Supple Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kaeng Krachan National Park (6 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.
