Ophioscincus truncatus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Ophioscincus truncatus, the short-limbed snake-skink, is a species of burrowing short-limbed snake-skink that is endemic to the coastal areas and islands of New South Wales and Queensland, in Australia. Subspecies Ophioscincus truncatus truncatus (Peters 1876)
Ophioscincus truncatus monswilsonensis (Copland, 1952) Australian Faunal Directory Online Ophioscincus truncatus details and distribution maps. World Wildlife Organisation List of species found in Eastern Australian temperate forests. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Short-limbed Snake-skink sighting in Lamington National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 21st most-seen of the 38 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, May and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Short-limbed Snake-skink in Lamington National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March–April and June–August, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Short-limbed Snake-skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 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 Short-limbed Snake-skink sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Short-limbed Snake-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 Short-limbed Snake-skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Lamington National Park (17 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.
