Trachylepis sparsa
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Karasburg tree skink (Trachylepis sparsa) is a species of skink found in Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Karasburg Tree Skink sighting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on a given day, based on 150 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 14 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and October
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Karasburg Tree Skink in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park on a given day, against about 40% in June–July and December, the lowest months. Those are among Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park's wettest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Karasburg Tree 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 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, in our data
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Karasburg Tree Skink sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Trachylepis
The closest relatives of the Karasburg Tree Skink that you can see in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (genus Trachylepis, Afro-Malagasy Mabuyas) are Western three-striped skink (about 10%) and Kalahari Tree Skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Karasburg Tree Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (150 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.
