Leiocephalus lunatus
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Leiocephalus lunatus, commonly known as the Hispaniolan maskless curlytail or Santo Domingo curlytail lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Leiocephalidae (curly-tailed lizards). It is native to the Dominican Republic.
The first description of Leiocephalus lunatus was published by Doris Mable Cochran in 1934, under the name Leiocephalus personatus lunatus. The name lunatus is derived from Latin, meaning 'crescent' or 'half-moon', which according to herpetologists Robert Powell and Matthew Gifford is a reference to the lizard's "crescent-shaped shoulder patches". The holotype of the species is a male specimen collected by George Kruck Cherrie in 1895, with the type locality being Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. In 1967, Albert Schwartz recognized lunatus as its own species rather than as a subspecies of Leiocephalus personatus.
The other subspecies are louisae,... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Santo Domingo Curlytail Lizard sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 17th most-seen of the 22 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.
April
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Santo Domingo Curlytail Lizard in Santo Domingo on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May, July and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Santo Domingo Curlytail 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 Santo Domingo, in our data
Santo Domingo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Santo Domingo Curlytail Lizard sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Santo Domingo Curlytail Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Santo Domingo (9 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.
