Abstract The prehensile-tailed skink Corucia zebrata is endemic to the Solomon Islands. It most traded reptile from country. During 2000–2019, CITES reported legal export of 10,567 individuals. Although level this trade well documented, impacts on skink's survival in its native range are comparatively unknown. January–May 2020, we surveyed 146 people 12 islands collect information habitats pref...