Ameiva praesignis
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Ameiva praesignis, known as Caripial comehuevo, giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner, is a species of teiid lizard found in Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
No species of the same family or order lives in Chagres National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Giant Ameiva sighting in Chagres National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 15 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and November
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Giant Ameiva in Chagres National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April, June–July, September–October and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Chagres National Park's wettest months, with about 270 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Giant Ameiva sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Dusky Giant Ameiva sightings, Chagres National Park ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Soberanía National Park (Panama, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Giant Ameiva is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Chagres National Park (5 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.
