Mourning Gecko

Where to see

Mourning Gecko

Lepidodactylus lugubris

Brownsberg Nature Park leads · 17 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Mourning Gecko during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
~60%
2 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
3 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
4 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
~40%
5 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
6 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%
7 Raja Ampat 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~40%
8 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
9 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
10 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~30%
11 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
12 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
13 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
14 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
15 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
16 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
17 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Mourning Gecko?

Brownsberg Nature Park

In Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Mourning Gecko sighting on a given day, the highest of the 17 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

Where else can you see a Mourning Gecko?

Bastimentos Island National Marine Park and more

After Brownsberg Nature Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Mourning Gecko are in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (Panama, about 50%), Tortuguero National Park (Costa Rica, about 50%) and Daintree National Park (Australia, about 40%). Outside South America, the best options are Bastimentos Island National Marine Park in Central America (about 50%), Daintree National Park in Oceania (about 40%) and Raja Ampat in Southeast Asia (about 40%).

When is the best time to see a Mourning Gecko?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are November in Brownsberg Nature Park (about 80%), January, July and October in Bastimentos Island National Marine Park (about 70%) and February, May and August–September in Tortuguero National Park (about 60%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Mourning Gecko on a given day. Each park's Mourning Gecko page has the full month-by-month chart.