Emoia longicauda
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
Emoia longicauda, the shrub whiptail-skink, is a species of skink. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Queensland in Australia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Shrub Whiptail-skink sighting in Raja Ampat on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 33 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.
April, July–August and November–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shrub Whiptail-skink in Raja Ampat on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May–June and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shrub Whiptail-skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Raja Ampat, in our data
Raja Ampat is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Shrub Whiptail-skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Emoia
The closest relatives of the Shrub Whiptail-skink that you can see in Raja Ampat (genus Emoia, Emo Skinks) are Pacific Bluetail Skink (about 50%), Littoral Whiptail-skink (about 30%) and Kopstein's Emo Skink (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shrub Whiptail-skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Raja Ampat (6 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.
