Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink

Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink

Plestiodon elegans

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · Possible
overall probability at Taroko National Park

Closest Relatives at Taroko National Park

Taiwan Alpine Skink
LC

Taiwan Alpine Skink

Reptile

Sphenomorphus taiwanensis

10–20% · With luck
Indian Forest Skink
LC

Indian Forest Skink

🌅 Crepuscular Reptile

Sphenomorphus indicus

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙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 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
10–20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink in Taroko National Park?

About 17% of visitor-days record a Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink sighting in Taroko National Park, based on 13 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink in Taroko National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink in Taroko National Park in our monthly data.

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