Carlia rufilatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Carlia rufilatus, the red-sided rainbow-skink, is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to Northern Territory and Western Australia in Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-sided Rainbow Skink sighting in Litchfield National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 24 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Red-sided Rainbow Skink in Litchfield National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May, July–August and October–November, the lowest months. That is one of Litchfield National Park's wettest months, with about 400 mm of rain against almost none in July.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Red-sided Rainbow Skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Litchfield National Park, in our data
Litchfield National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Red-sided Rainbow Skink sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Carlia
The closest relatives of the Red-sided Rainbow Skink that you can see in Litchfield National Park (genus Carlia, Rainbow Skinks) are Bauxite Rainbow Skink (about 50%) and Slender Rainbow Skink (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Red-sided Rainbow Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Litchfield 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.
