Eutropis longicaudata
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Eutropis longicaudata, the longtail mabuya or long-tailed sun skink, is a species of skink. It is found in southern China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Peninsular Malaysia. Some populations have been found to exhibit paternal care in response to predation by egg-eating snakes. Though some females are documented, to eat their clutch of eggs, when continually threatened by predators especially when threatened by O. formosanus.
Flickr Photo from Taiwan by Liang Ching Hou Flickr Photo from Thailand by Michael Cota Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nature's Harvest Organic Farm and Leisure Getaway | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China | |
| 2 | Taichung Aquarium | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | |
| 3 | Ocean Park Hong Kong | 🇨🇳 China |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Longtail Mabuya sighting in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 46 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Longtail Mabuya in Khao Yai National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Longtail Mabuya 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 Khao Yai National Park, in our data
Khao Yai National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Longtail Mabuya sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Longtail Mabuya is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Khao Yai National Park (11 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.
