Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus
Silhouette: Jose Carlos Arenas-Monroy · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus, known as Taylor's bow-fingered gecko, the four-striped forest gecko and the marbled bent-toed gecko, is a species of gecko found in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Flickr photo by Kurt (Orionmystery) G, from Selangor, Malaysia
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Four-striped Forest Gecko sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 36th most-seen of the 39 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–February, April, July and October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Four-striped Forest Gecko in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–June, August–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Four-striped Forest Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Kuala Lumpur, in our data
Kuala Lumpur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Four-striped Forest Gecko sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gekkonidae
The closest relatives of the Four-striped Forest Gecko that you can see in Kuala Lumpur (family Gekkonidae, Typical Geckos) are Flat-tailed House Gecko (about 30%), Common House Gecko (about 20%) and Spotted House Gecko (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Four-striped Forest Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kuala Lumpur (5 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.
