Aspidoscelis carmenensis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Aspidoscelis carmenensis, the Carmen Island whiptail, is a species of teiid lizard endemic to Carmen Island in Mexico. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahía de Loreto National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Carmen Island Whiptail sighting in Bahía de Loreto National Park on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 20 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Carmen Island Whiptail in Bahía de Loreto National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May, July, September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Carmen Island Whiptail 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 Bahía de Loreto National Park, in our data
Bahía de Loreto National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Carmen Island Whiptail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Aspidoscelis
The closest relatives of the Carmen Island Whiptail that you can see in Bahía de Loreto National Park (genus Aspidoscelis, Northern Whiptails) are Race-runner (about 20%), Western Whiptail (about 10%) and Isla Monserrate Whiptail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Carmen Island Whiptail is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Bahía de Loreto National Park (13 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.
