Where to see
Thecadactylus rapicauda
Main Ridge Forest Reserve leads · 12 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Turniptail Gecko during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 3 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 8 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 11 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
Main Ridge Forest Reserve
In Main Ridge Forest Reserve, Trinidad and Tobago, about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Turniptail Gecko sighting on a given day, the highest of the 12 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Brownsberg Nature Park and more
After Main Ridge Forest Reserve, the next-best odds of seeing a Turniptail Gecko are in Brownsberg Nature Park (Suriname, about 60%), Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 40%) and Piedras Blancas National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%). Outside Central America, the best options are Brownsberg Nature Park in South America (about 60%) and Calakmul Biosphere Reserve in North America (about 20%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are December in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (about 80%), April–May, July and October–November in Brownsberg Nature Park (about 70%) and May in Tayrona National Natural Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Turniptail Gecko on a given day. Each park's Turniptail Gecko page has the full month-by-month chart.
