West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard

West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard

Sceloporus cyanogenys

Silhouette: SeismicShrimp · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Monterrey

In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%

90 Verified sightings at Monterrey
143 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
October Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard

Sceloporus cyanogenys, the bluechinned roughscaled lizard or blue spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is found in Texas in the United States and Mexico. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Monterrey 🇲🇽 México
~10%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Leipzig Zoological Garden 🇩🇪 Germany In captivity
2 Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
3 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
4 Oakland Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
5 Warsaw Zoo 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
6 Berlin Zoological Garden 🇩🇪 Germany In captivity
7 Zoologischer Garten Leipzig 🇩🇪 Germany In captivity
8 Zoo Opole 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
9 Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden 🇭🇺 Hungary In captivity
10 Krakow Zoo 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
11 Henry Vilas Zoo 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
12 ZooAmerica 🇺🇸 United States In captivity
13 Aquarium Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany In captivity
14 herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
15 Reptiland 🇫🇷 France In captivity
16 akwarium warszawskiego ZOO 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
17 Bristol Zoo 🇬🇧 United Kingdom In captivity
18 hipopotamiarnia i akwarium morskie warszawskiego ZOO 🇵🇱 Poland In captivity
19 Wolfgang-Köhler-Primaten-Forschungszentrum 🇩🇪 Germany In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard in Monterrey?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard sighting in Monterrey on a given day, based on 90 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 26 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard in Monterrey?

October

In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard in Monterrey on a given day, against under 5% in February, the lowest month.

What time of day is best to see a West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard?

Between 1 and 4 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard?

Only Monterrey, in our data

Monterrey is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Monterrey (90 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.

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