Genus

Burrowing Skinks

Scelotes

6 species in our catalog · found in 4 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassSquamata
FamilyScincidae (Skinks)
GenusScelotes (Burrowing Skinks)

Species in this group

Scelotes gronovii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scelotes fitzsimonsi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scelotes anguineus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scelotes bidigittatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scelotes vestigifer

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Scelotes bipes

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

<5%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

<5%

Jun

<5%

Jul

~10%

Aug

~10%

Sep

~10%

Oct

~10%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Burrowing Skinks

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 16 species, darker where more of them overlap (GARD, Roll et al. 2017 & Caetano et al. 2022). Our parks Our cities

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3 of 6	~20%
	Fitzsimons' Dwarf Burrowing Skink			~10%
	Lowveld Dwarf Burrowing Skink			~10%
	Coastal Dwarf Burrowing Skink			~10%
2	West Coast National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	~10%
	Gronovi's Dwarf Burrowing Skink			~10%
3	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	~10%
	Boulenger's Burrowing Skink			~10%
4	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 6	<5%
	Common Burrowing Skink			<5%