Acontias meleagris
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Acontias meleagris, or the Cape legless skink, is a species of skink found in the southern Cape of South Africa. It has no limbs, like most members of the subfamily Acontinae. Its slender, tube-shaped body is golden-brown with tiny black spots. These spots fuse into longitudinal stripes in some specimens.
Found in the southern Cape of South Africa, It is usually found burrowing in dry sand as well as beneath boulders, dead trees and other detritus. It gives birth to two to four young in summer. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Linnaeus' Lance Skink sighting in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, based on 128 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 15th most-seen of the 41 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Linnaeus' Lance Skink in Table Mountain National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January–August and October–November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Linnaeus' Lance Skink sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Linnaeus' Lance Skink sightings, Table Mountain National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Garden Route National Park (South Africa, about 10%).
Same family: Scincidae
The closest relatives of the Linnaeus' Lance Skink that you can see in Table Mountain National Park (family Scincidae, Skinks) are Cape Skink (about 30%) and Red-sided Skink (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Linnaeus' Lance Skink is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Table Mountain National Park (128 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.
