Mesalina guttulata
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The small-spotted lizard (Mesalina guttulata) is a species of lizard. It is found in the following countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iran (Kavir desert), India, S. Turkmenistan, N. Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
Senegal, Niger, Sudan, Syria. Type locality: Egypt. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxor | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
No species of the same family or order lives in Luxor, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Lacerta sighting in Luxor on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Lacerta in Luxor on a given day, against under 5% in March and October–November, the lowest months. June has too few records to rate.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert Lacerta 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 Luxor, in our data
Luxor is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Desert Lacerta sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Lacerta is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Luxor (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.
