Cool-temperate Water Skink
Eulamprus tympanum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Escíncid)
- GenusEulamprus (Water Skinks)
- SpeciesEulamprus tympanum (Cool-temperate Water Skink)
Closest Relatives at Great Otway National Park
Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
Lampropholis guichenoti
Blotched Bluetongue
Tiliqua nigrolutea
McCoy's Skink
Anepischetosia maccoyi
Common Bluetongue
Tiliqua scincoides
Southern Weasel Skink
Saproscincus mustelinus
White's Rock-skink
Liopholis whitii
Entrecasteaux's Skink
Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii
Trunk-climbing Cool-skink
Pseudemoia spenceri
Southern Forest Coolskink
Carinascincus coventryi
Eastern Three-lined Skink
Acritoscincus duperreyi
Eastern Striped Skink
Ctenotus robustus
Metallic Coolskink
Carinascincus metallicus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cool-temperate Water Skink in Great Otway National Park?
About 36% of visitor-days record a Cool-temperate Water Skink sighting in Great Otway National Park, based on 154 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cool-temperate Water Skink in Great Otway National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Cool-temperate Water Skink in Great Otway National Park in our monthly data.