Cnemidophorus lemniscatus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
The rainbow whiptail (Cnemidophorus lemniscatus) is a species of lizard found in Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. It has also been introduced in Florida and has established populations there. A rainbow whiptail grows up to approximately 12 inches (30.5 cm).
Both sexually reproducing and parthenogenetic populations are known. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sedgwick County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rainbow Whiptail sighting in Miami on a given day, based on 85 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 31st most-seen of the 58 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.
February–April and June–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Rainbow Whiptail in Miami on a given day, against under 5% in May and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rainbow Whiptail 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 Miami, in our data
Miami is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Rainbow Whiptail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Teiidae
The closest relatives of the Rainbow Whiptail that you can see in Miami (family Teiidae, Whiptails and Tegus) are Amazon Racerunner (about 20%) and Six-lined Racerunner (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rainbow Whiptail is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Miami (85 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.
