Amalosia jacovae
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Amalosia jacovae, also known commonly as the clouded gecko or the clouded velvet gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Diplodactylidae. The species is endemic to Australia. The specific name, jacovae (Latin, feminine, genitive singular), is in honor of Australian herpetologist Jeanette Adelaide Covacevich ( j + a + cov + suffix -ae).
A. jacovae is found in southeastern Queensland, Australia. The preferred natural habitats of A. jacovae are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in houses. Medium-sized for its genus, A. jacovae may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6.2 cm (2.4 in). Dorsally, it has a pale gray vertebral zone, and it has pronounced basal webbing between its third and fourth toes.
A. jacovae is oviparous. Cogger, Harold G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. Couper, Patrick J.; Keim, Lauren D.; Hoskin, Conrad J. (2007). "A new velvet Gecko (Gekkonidae: Oedura) from south-east Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa 1587... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Brisbane | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Clouded Gecko sighting in Brisbane on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 39th most-seen of the 43 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Clouded Gecko in Brisbane on a given day, against under 5% in January to November, the lowest months. That is one of Brisbane's wettest months, with about 130 mm of rain against 40 mm in July.
Only Brisbane, in our data
Brisbane is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Clouded Gecko sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Diplodactylidae
The closest relatives of the Clouded Gecko that you can see in Brisbane (family Diplodactylidae, Australasian Geckos) are Wood Gecko (about 10%) and Robust Gecko (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Clouded Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Brisbane (6 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.
