Phelsuma kochi
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In 3 days >90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States |
Very likely
About 90% of wildlife watchers report a Koch's Giant Day Gecko sighting in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, based on 75 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 20 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and August–November
In those months about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Koch's Giant Day Gecko in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, against about 20% in June, the lowest month. Those are among Ankarafantsika National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 560 mm in January. February and March have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Koch's Giant Day Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ankarafantsika National Park, in our data
Ankarafantsika National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Koch's Giant Day Gecko sightings: about 90% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Koch's Giant Day Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ankarafantsika National Park (75 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
