McCoy's Skink
Anepischetosia maccoyi
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Escíncid)
- GenusAnepischetosia
- SpeciesAnepischetosia maccoyi (McCoy's Skink)
Closest Relatives at Wilsons Promontory National Park
Cool-temperate Water Skink
Eulamprus tympanum
White's Rock-skink
Liopholis whitii
Blotched Bluetongue
Tiliqua nigrolutea
Pale-flecked Garden Sunskink
Lampropholis guichenoti
Metallic Coolskink
Carinascincus metallicus
Eastern Three-lined Skink
Acritoscincus duperreyi
Eastern Mourning Skink
Lissolepis coventryi
Southern Weasel Skink
Saproscincus mustelinus
Trunk-climbing Cool-skink
Pseudemoia spenceri
Southern Water Skink
Eulamprus heatwolei
Rawlinson's Window-eyed Skink
Pseudemoia rawlinsoni
Southern Forest Coolskink
Carinascincus coventryi
📅 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 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Kosciuszko National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a McCoy's Skink in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a McCoy's Skink sighting in Wilsons Promontory National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see McCoy's Skink in Wilsons Promontory National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for McCoy's Skink in Wilsons Promontory National Park in our monthly data.