Sabah Slender Skink
Sphenomorphus sabanus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Escíncid)
- GenusSphenomorphus (Asian Forest Skinks)
- SpeciesSphenomorphus sabanus (Sabah Slender Skink)
Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park
Kinabalu Forest Skink
Sphenomorphus kinabaluensis
Blue-throated Litter Skink
Sphenomorphus cyanolaemus
Sphenomorphus multisquamatus
Sphenomorphus multisquamatus
Borneo Skink
Dasia vittata
Rough Mabuya
Eutropis rudis
Beccari's Keeled Skink
Tropidophorus beccarii
Many-lined Sun-skink
Eutropis multifasciata
Lewis's mabuya
Eutropis lewisi
Brook’s Keeled Skink
Tropidophorus brookei
Brown's Mabuya
Eutropis indeprensa
Big Tree Skink
Dasia grisea
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · 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 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Sabah Slender Skink in Kinabalu Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Sabah Slender Skink sighting in Kinabalu Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Sabah Slender Skink in Kinabalu Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Sabah Slender Skink in Kinabalu Park in our monthly data.