Harrisoniascincus zia
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Harrisoniascincus zia is also known as the rainforest cool-skink or beech skink. It is monotypic in the genus Harrisoniascincus. It is endemic to Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Beech Skink sighting in Lamington National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 38 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.
December
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Beech Skink in Lamington National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–August and November, the lowest months. That is one of Lamington National Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 40 mm in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Beech Skink sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Lamington National Park, in our data
Lamington National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Beech Skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Beech Skink that you can see in Lamington National Park (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Land Mullet (about 70%), Blue-speckled Forest Skink (about 50%) and Eastern Water Skink (about 50%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Beech Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Lamington National Park (7 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.
