Mesoscincus managuae
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~60%
The Managua skink (Mesoscincus managuae) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Managua Skink sighting in Santa Rosa National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 37 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.
January to March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Managua Skink in Santa Rosa National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May to December, the lowest months. Those are among Santa Rosa National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain a month against 450 mm in October.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Managua Skink 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 Santa Rosa National Park, in our data
Santa Rosa National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Managua Skink sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Managua Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Santa Rosa National Park (5 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.
