Stellagama stellio
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Laudakia stellio is a species of agamid lizard. also known as the starred agama or the roughtail rock agama. Common names for L. stellio include dikenli keler, hardim, hardun, kourkoutas (Cypriot Greek), kourkoutavlos, painted dragon, roughtail rock agama, short-toed rock agama, sling-tailed agama, star lizard, starred agama, and stellion.
Laudakia stellio can be found in Greece and Turkey, the other species in this species complex are recorded elsewhere. Laudakia stellio may attain a total length (including tail) of 35 cm (14 in) or slightly longer. Like many agamids, L. stellio can change its color to express its mood. It basks on stone walls, rocks, and trees. It is usually found in rocky habitats, and is quite shy, being very ready to dive into cracks to hide from potential predators.
The common name "stellion" comes from Latin stellio, stēlio (stelliōn-, stēliōn-), from stella, star. It may have referred to any spotted lizard. Stellio is mentioned in Ovids Metamorphoses Book 5 line 461. A naughty boy mocks the goddess Ceres for drinking a drink containing honey... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Antalya | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
No species of the same family or order lives in Antalya, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Roughtail Rock Agama sighting in Antalya on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 7 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–April, June–July, October and December
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Roughtail Rock Agama in Antalya on a given day, against about 20% in January, the lowest month.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Roughtail Rock Agama sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Antalya, in our data
Antalya is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Roughtail Rock Agama sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Roughtail Rock Agama is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Antalya (33 verified sightings), 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.
