What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Christmas Island Whiptail-skink been recorded?

Emoia nativitatis occurrence evidence comes from 1 records in 1 countries and territories, from 1904 to 1904. Most records come from Christmas Island.

Christmas Island Whiptail-skink
Christmas Island Whiptail-skink — Photo (display-sized rendition): Biodiversity Heritage Library · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
SquamataScincidaeEmoia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

1 records across 1 countries and territories, 1904–1904.

Emoia nativitatis · GBIF taxon key 4821214

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: October.

1 month reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

historical describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where Christmas Island Whiptail-skink has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Christmas Island Whiptail-skink. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Christmas Island 1

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Record pattern: historical
Historical records with no recent record in the covered source. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.