Sceloporus smaragdinus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Sceloporus smaragdinus, Bocourt's emerald lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
No species of the same family or order lives in Guatemala City, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Bocourt’s Emerald Lizard sighting in Guatemala City 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 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Bocourt’s Emerald Lizard in Guatemala City on a given day, against under 5% in May and October–March, the lowest months. That is one of Guatemala City's wettest months, with about 170 mm of rain against 5 mm in January.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bocourt’s Emerald Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Guatemala City, in our data
Guatemala City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bocourt’s Emerald Lizard sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bocourt’s Emerald Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Guatemala City (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.
