Zonosaurus laticaudatus
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In 3 days >90%
Zonosaurus laticaudatus, the western girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Alligator Adventure | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
No species of the same family or order lives in Ankarafantsika National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Very likely
About 90% of wildlife watchers report a Western Girdled Lizard sighting in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, based on 81 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd 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 September–November
In those months about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Western Girdled Lizard 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 65 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 Western Girdled Lizard 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 Western Girdled Lizard sightings: about 90% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Western Girdled Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ankarafantsika National Park (81 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.
