Phelsuma mutabilis
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In 3 days >90%
The thicktail day gecko (Phelsuma mutabilis) is a species of gecko found in Madagascar. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berenty Reserve | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Very likely
About 70% of wildlife watchers report a Thick Tail Gecko sighting in Berenty Reserve on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 5 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and November
In those months about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Thick Tail Gecko in Berenty Reserve on a given day, against about 40% in May and August, the lowest months. June, September and December–March have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Thick Tail 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 Berenty Reserve, in our data
Berenty Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Thick Tail 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 Thick Tail Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Berenty Reserve (16 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.
