Phelsuma abbotti
In 3 days >90%
Phelsuma abbotti, commonly known as Abbott's day gecko, the Aldabra day gecko, and the Assumption day gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae.
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrocław Zoological Garden | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Africarium | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 3 | terrarium ogrodu zoologicznego we Wrocławiu | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report an Abbott's Day Gecko sighting in Ankarana National Park on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 4th most-seen of the 12 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and October
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Abbott's Day Gecko in Ankarana National Park on a given day, against about 20% in April, the lowest month. Those are among Ankarana National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 460 mm in January. January to March have too few records to rate.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Abbott's Day Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ankarana National Park, in our data
Ankarana National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Abbott's Day Gecko sightings: about 70% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Abbott's Day Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ankarana National Park (30 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.
