Gonatodes caudiscutatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The shieldhead gecko (Gonatodes caudiscutatus) is a species of lizard in the Sphaerodactylidae family native to Ecuador and Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Galápagos Islands | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
No species of the same family or order lives in Guayaquil, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Shieldhead Gecko sighting in Guayaquil on a given day, based on 24 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 8 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and July
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Shieldhead Gecko in Guayaquil on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, June and November, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Shieldhead Gecko 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 Guayaquil, in our data
Guayaquil is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Shieldhead Gecko sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Shieldhead Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Guayaquil (24 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.
