Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink
Plestiodon elegans
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyScincidae (Escíncid)
- GenusPlestiodon (Toothy Skinks)
- SpeciesPlestiodon elegans (Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink)
10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink sighting in Taroko National Park, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Taroko National Park
📅 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 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
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 14% of wildlife watchers report a Five-striped Blue-tailed Skink sighting in Taroko National Park, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
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.