Ameiva praesignis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Ameiva praesignis, known as Caripial comehuevo, giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner, is a species of teiid lizard found in Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
No species of the same family or order lives in Panama City, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Giant Ameiva sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 62 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 24 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.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Giant Ameiva in Panama City on a given day, against about 10% in February–May, August–September and December, the lowest months. That is one of Panama City's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain against 10 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Giant Ameiva sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Dusky Giant Ameiva sightings, Panama City ranks 2nd at about 20%. The best odds are in Valencia (Venezuela, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Giant Ameiva is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Panama City (62 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.
