Damara Skink

Damara Skink

Trachylepis damarana

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Kruger National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
0–10
Mar
0–10
Apr
10–20
May
0–10
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
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 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
2 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
0–10%
3 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Damara Skink in Kruger National Park?

About 9% of visitor-days record a Damara Skink sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 62 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Damara Skink in Kruger National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Damara Skink in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.

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