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Sceloporus palaciosi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
Sceloporus palaciosi, also known commonly as Palacios's bunchgrass lizard, Palacios' bunchgrass lizard, and la lagartija arborícola de Palacios in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Mexico City | 🇲🇽 México |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard sighting in Mexico City on a given day, based on 19 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 26th most-seen of the 37 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February, April and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard in Mexico City on a given day, against under 5% in March, May–October and December–January, the lowest months. Those are among Mexico City's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 150 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Mexico City, in our data
Mexico City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Sceloporus
The closest relatives of the Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard that you can see in Mexico City (genus Sceloporus, Spiny Lizards) are Graphic Spiny Lizard (about 30%), Crevice Swift (about 20%) and Eastern Spiny Lizard (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Palacios' Bunchgrass Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Mexico City (19 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.
