Ptyodactylus guttatus
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Sinai fan-fingered gecko (Ptyodactylus guttatus) is a species of gecko. It is found in Egypt in, Israel and the Middle East. It is common in the Sinai desert and the Negev desert. Its fan shaped fingers have given it the name מניפנית in Hebrew coming from the word מניפה which means "fan" Wikipedia →
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No species of the same family or order lives in Ramallah, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko sighting in Ramallah on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and June
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko in Ramallah on a given day, against about 10% in January, the lowest month. Those are among Ramallah's driest months, with almost no rain against 90 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko sightings, Ramallah has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Jerusalem (Israel, about 50%) and Tel Aviv (Israel, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ramallah (13 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.
