Cercosaura schreibersii
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Cercosaura schreibersii, known commonly as Schreibers's many-fingered teiid or the long-tailed little lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America. The specific name, schreibersii, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.
C. schreibersii is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The preferred natural habitats of C. schreibersii are forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland. Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Cercosaura schreibersii albostrigatus (Griffin, 1917) Cercosaura schreibersii schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834 Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Cercosaura.
C. schreibersii is oviparous. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II.... Teiidæ.... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
No species of the same family or order lives in Buenos Aires, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Schreibers' Many-fingered Teiid sighting in Buenos Aires on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 12th most-seen of the 22 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–June and September–October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Schreibers' Many-fingered Teiid in Buenos Aires on a given day, against under 5% in July–August and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Schreibers' Many-fingered Teiid sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Schreibers' Many-fingered Teiid sightings, Buenos Aires ranks 2nd at about 10%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Cordoba (Argentina, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Schreibers' Many-fingered Teiid is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Buenos Aires (28 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.
