Challenge

Reptiles of Southern European Cities

Q: Where is the best place to see Reptiles of Southern European Cities?

Naples. In Naples, Italy, the chance of seeing all 3 (moorish gecko, mediterranean house gecko and wall lizard) on the same day is about 10%, the highest of the 5 cities where all of them live, and over a three-day visit it rises to about 50%. Next come Rome (about 10% a day), Turin (about 10% a day) and Milan (under 5% a day). It multiplies each animal's daily chance, as if they were independent, so read it as a rough guide.

Q: Which of Reptiles of Southern European Cities is hardest to see?

Mediterranean house gecko. In Naples, the best city for Reptiles of Southern European Cities, about about 20% of wildlife watchers report the mediterranean house gecko on a given day, against about 90% for the wall lizard. The hardest one decides how many days you need.

Q: How do you complete Reptiles of Southern European Cities on Wallace's Line?

Mark them as seen. Tick ✓ Seen on each animal's card, add your trips, or link your iNaturalist account. Your passport counts Reptiles of Southern European Cities three ways: anywhere in the world, all in one park, and all in a single trip.

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The checklist: 3 animals

Tarentola mauritanica

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Hemidactylus turcicus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Podarcis siculus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Where to go

Chance of seeing in

Month by month at Naples

<5%

Jan

~10%

Feb

<5%

Mar

~30%

Apr

~60%

May

~60%

Jun

~70%

Jul

~70%

Aug

~60%

Sep

~50%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

Time of day

Where they are recorded most Parks with some of them Cities with some of them

Parks

#	Park	Country	Animals	All 3 in 3 days
1	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~40%
	Common Wall Lizard			>90%
2	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~60%
	Common Wall Lizard			>90%
3	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~80%
	Andalusian wall lizard			~80%
4	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~70%
	Andalusian wall lizard			~80%
5	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~40%
	Common Wall Lizard			~90%
6	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~80%
	Green Iberian Wall Lizard			~50%
7	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~60%
8	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			>90%
9	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			>90%
10	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			>90%
11	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			>90%
12	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~90%
13	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~90%
14	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~80%
15	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~70%
16	Hohe Tauern National Park	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
17	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~40%
18	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~40%
19	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~40%
20	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~40%
21	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~30%
22	Padre Island National Seashore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~30%
23	Bahía de Loreto National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~20%
24	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~20%

Cities

#	City	Country	Animals	All 3 in 3 days
1	Naples	🇮🇹 Italy	3 of 3	~50%
	Moorish Gecko			>90%
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~50%
	Italian Wall Lizard			>90%
2	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	3 of 3	~40%
	Moorish Gecko			~90%
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~50%
	Italian Wall Lizard			~90%
3	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	3 of 3	~30%
	Moorish Gecko			~90%
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~40%
	Common Wall Lizard			>90%
4	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	3 of 3	~20%
	Moorish Gecko			~70%
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~90%
5	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 3	~20%
	Moorish Gecko			~80%
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~30%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~80%
6	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~60%
	Common Wall Lizard			~90%
7	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~80%
	Green Iberian Wall Lizard			~70%
8	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~70%
	Green Iberian Wall Lizard			~70%
9	Valencia	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko
	Moorish Gecko			~80%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~50%
10	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	2 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~60%
	Italian Wall Lizard			~80%
11	Athens	🇬🇷 Greece	2 of 3	Missing: Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~30%
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~70%
12	San Antonio	🇺🇸 United States	2 of 3	Missing: Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~20%
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~60%
13	Tunis	🇹🇳 Tunisia	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			>90%
14	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			>90%
15	Bursa	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Italian Wall Lizard			~90%
16	Belgrade	🇷🇸 Serbia	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~80%
17	Rosario	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~80%
18	Izmir	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~80%
19	Montevideo	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~80%
20	Austin	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~80%
21	Ciudad Juárez	🇲🇽 México	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~80%
22	Antalya	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~80%
23	Sofia	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~70%
24	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~70%
25	Rabat	🇲🇦 Morocco	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~70%
26	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~70%
27	Buenos Aires	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~70%
28	Jerusalem	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~70%
29	Tel Aviv	🇮🇱 Israel	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~70%
30	Las Vegas	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~70%
31	Algiers	🇩🇿 Algeria	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~60%
32	Paris	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~60%
33	Mesa	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~60%
34	Cairo	🇪🇬 Egypt	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~60%
35	Tijuana	🇲🇽 México	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~60%
36	Monterrey	🇲🇽 México	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~60%
37	Torreón	🇲🇽 México	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~60%
38	Marrakesh	🇲🇦 Morocco	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~50%
39	Phoenix	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~50%
40	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
41	Dallas	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~50%
42	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
43	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
44	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~40%
45	Houston	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~40%
46	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~40%
47	New York City	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Italian Wall Lizard			~40%
48	San Luis Potosí	🇲🇽 México	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~30%
49	Boston	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Italian Wall Lizard			~20%
50	Santiago	🇨🇱 Chile	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~20%
51	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~20%
52	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Common Wall Lizard			~20%
53	Baltimore	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~20%
54	Guadalajara	🇲🇽 México	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~20%
55	Los Angeles	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Mediterranean house gecko
	Italian Wall Lizard			~20%
56	San Diego	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Mediterranean house gecko, Wall lizard
	Moorish Gecko			~20%
57	Washington	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	Missing: Moorish gecko, Wall lizard
	Mediterranean House Gecko			~20%

Zoos & centres

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	ZooParc de Beauval	🇫🇷 France	1 of 3 in captivity
2	California Academy of Sciences	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3 in captivity
3	Lake Tisza Ecocentre	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 3 in captivity
4	Lincoln Park Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3 in captivity
5	Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3 in captivity
6	Opel-Zoo	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3 in captivity
7	Tallinn Zoo	🇪🇪 Estonia	1 of 3 in captivity
8	Toledo Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3 in captivity
9	Wilhelma	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 3 in captivity
10	Zoological Garden of Monaco	🇲🇨 Monaco	1 of 3 in captivity

Before you go

Where is the best place to see Reptiles of Southern European Cities?

Naples

In Naples, Italy, the chance of seeing all 3 (moorish gecko, mediterranean house gecko and wall lizard) on the same day is about 10%, the highest of the 5 cities where all of them live, and over a three-day visit it rises to about 50%. Next come Rome (about 10% a day), Turin (about 10% a day) and Milan (under 5% a day). It multiplies each animal's daily chance, as if they were independent, so read it as a rough guide.

Which of Reptiles of Southern European Cities is hardest to see?

Mediterranean house gecko

In Naples, the best city for Reptiles of Southern European Cities, about about 20% of wildlife watchers report the mediterranean house gecko on a given day, against about 90% for the wall lizard. The hardest one decides how many days you need.

How do you complete Reptiles of Southern European Cities on Wallace's Line?

Mark them as seen

Tick ✓ Seen on each animal's card, add your trips, or link your iNaturalist account. Your passport counts Reptiles of Southern European Cities three ways: anywhere in the world, all in one park, and all in a single trip.

← All challenges

Reptiles of Southern European Cities

The checklist: 3 animals

Moorish Gecko

Mediterranean House Gecko

Italian Wall Lizard

Where to go

Month by month at Naples

Month by month at Naples

Month by month at Naples

Month by month at Naples

Month by month at Naples

Month by month at Naples

Time of day

Parks

Cities

Zoos & centres

Before you go

Where is the best place to see Reptiles of Southern European Cities?

Which of Reptiles of Southern European Cities is hardest to see?

How do you complete Reptiles of Southern European Cities on Wallace's Line?