Carlia fusca
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Carlia fusca, the brown four-fingered skink or Indonesian brown skink, is a species of skink in the genus Carlia. It is endemic to Halmahera in Indonesia and Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 33 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in June, the lowest month.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia that you can see in Raja Ampat (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Pacific Bluetail Skink (about 50%), Emerald Tree Skink (about 40%) and Littoral Whiptail-skink (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Raja Ampat (45 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.
