Cercosaura argulus
Silhouette: Jose Carlos Arenas-Monroy · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Cercosaura argulus, the elegant eyed lizard or white-lipped prionodactylus is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, French Guiana, Peru, and Brazil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medellín | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Medellín, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Eyed Lizard sighting in Medellín on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 14th most-seen of the 15 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.
May–June, August and October–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Eyed Lizard in Medellín on a given day, against under 5% in February–April, July and September, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Elegant Eyed 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 Medellín, in our data
Medellín is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Elegant Eyed Lizard sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Elegant Eyed Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Medellín (10 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.
