Ameiva atrigularis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Ameiva atrigularis, known as giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner, is a species of teiid lizard found on Trinidad and Tobago and in Venezuela. Males can reach a snout–vent length of 186 mm (7.3 in). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
No species of the same family or order lives in Caracas, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Trinidad Ameiva sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 9 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Trinidad Ameiva in Caracas on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and July–August, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Trinidad 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.
Only Caracas, in our data
Caracas is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Trinidad Ameiva sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Trinidad Ameiva is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Caracas (14 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.
