Blaesodactylus ambonihazo
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
Blaesodactylus ambonihazo is a species of gecko endemic to Madagascar. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mahajanga Velvet Gecko sighting in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 19th most-seen of the 20 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and November
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Mahajanga Velvet Gecko in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October, the lowest month. Those are among Ankarafantsika National Park's wettest months, with about 360 mm of rain a month against almost none in August. February and March have too few records to rate.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mahajanga Velvet Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Ankarafantsika National Park, in our data
Ankarafantsika National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mahajanga Velvet Gecko sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gekkonidae
The closest relatives of the Mahajanga Velvet Gecko that you can see in Ankarafantsika National Park (family Gekkonidae, Typical Geckos) are Koch's Giant Day Gecko (about 90%), Gunther's Flat-tail Gecko (about 50%) and Common House Gecko (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mahajanga Velvet Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ankarafantsika National Park (6 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.
