Liolaemus chiliensis
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Liolaemus chiliensis, the Chilean tree iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae, also referred to as the weeping or crying lizard in English. Synonyms for this species include Liodeira chilensis and Calotes chiliensis. Less commonly, it is called the Talcahuano smooth-throated lizard.
This species is well known for its distress calls, although the sound of these calls does not resemble weeping or crying. The specific name chiliensis is derived from the species' country of origin, Chile. It is endemic to central Chile and southwestern Neuquen Province, Argentina. This iguanid lizard is found inhabiting bushes and branches in open forests and ecotonal scrublands or scrub-steppes, chiefly in the Chilean Matorral ecoregion.
Many previous phylogenetic studies for L. chiliensis have been incomplete; a more recent biogeographic analysis from 2006 reconstructs the phylogenetic tree of the lizard's genus and resolves controversies about subgrouping of species or subspecies within L. chiliensis. The authors of this study group L. chiliensis with L. curicensis, L. nitidus, L. robertmensi, L. saxatillis, L. gracilis, and L. tandilensis under the robertmensi group... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Santiago | 🇨🇱 Chile |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Talcahuano Smooth-throated Lizard sighting in Santiago on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 6th most-seen of the 8 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and September–October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Talcahuano Smooth-throated Lizard in Santiago on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, May and July, the lowest months. Those are among Santiago's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 65 mm in June.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Talcahuano Smooth-throated 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.
Only Santiago, in our data
Santiago is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Talcahuano Smooth-throated Lizard sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Liolaemus
The closest relatives of the Talcahuano Smooth-throated Lizard that you can see in Santiago (genus Liolaemus, Smooth-throated Swifts) are Blue-Green Smooth-throated Lizard (about 50%), Valparaiso Smooth-throated Lizard (about 30%) and Dusky Smooth-throated Lizard (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Talcahuano Smooth-throated Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Santiago (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.
