Stenocercus iridescens
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Stenocercus iridescens is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae. It is found in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | 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 West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana sighting in Guayaquil on a given day, based on 25 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th 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, August–September and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana in Guayaquil on a given day, against under 5% in January and March, the lowest months. Those are among Guayaquil's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain a month against 220 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana 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 West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Guayaquil (25 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.
