Gonatodes vittatus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Wiegmann's striped gecko (Gonatodes vittatus) is a species of lizard in the Sphaerodactylidae family native to northern South America. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
No species of the same family or order lives in Caracas, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Wiegmann's Striped Gecko sighting in Caracas on a given day, based on 323 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 9 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.
August
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Wiegmann's Striped Gecko in Caracas on a given day, against about 20% in January, the lowest month. That is one of Caracas's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain against 15 mm in March.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wiegmann's Striped Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Wiegmann's Striped Gecko sightings, Caracas ranks 2nd at about 50%. The best odds are in Valencia (Venezuela, about 60%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wiegmann's Striped Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Caracas (323 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.
