Great Plains Skink

Great Plains Skink

Plestiodon obsoletus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Guadalupe Mountains National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
0–10
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
20–30
Jul
30–40
Aug
20–30
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
2 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
3 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Great Plains Skink in Guadalupe Mountains National Park?

About 14% of visitor-days record a Great Plains Skink sighting in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Great Plains Skink in Guadalupe Mountains National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Great Plains Skink in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in our monthly data.

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