Leiocephalus schreibersii
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The Hispaniolan curlytail lizard (Leiocephalus schreibersii), also known as the Hispaniolan khaki curlytail, the red-sided curlytail lizard, the red-sided curly-tailed lizard, or Schreibers's curly-tailed lizard, is a common lizard species in the family Leiocephalidae. It is native to Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in the Caribbean, and an introduced population is found in southern Florida. There are two recognized subspecies.
The specific name, schreibersi, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers. Including the nominotypical subspecies, two subspecies are recognized as being valid. Leiocephalus schreibersii nesomorus Schwartz, 1968
Leiocephalus schreibersii schreibersii (Gravenhorst, 1838) Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Leiocephalus. L. schreibersii is indigenous to the main island of Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and Île de la Tortue. It is also found in Florida as an introduced species. The preferred natural habitat of L. schreibersii is... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
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| 1 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Newport Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 50th most-seen of the 58 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.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail in Miami on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Miami, in our data
Miami is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Hispaniolan Khaki Curlytail is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Miami (21 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.
