Enyalius iheringii
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Enyalius iheringii, also known commonly as Ihering's fathead anole, is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to Brazil. The specific name, iheringii, is in honor of German-Brazilian zoologist Hermann von Ihering.
E. iheringii is found in southeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo. The preferred natural habitat of E. iheringii is forest. E. iheringii is terrestrial and semiarboreal.
E. iheringii preys upon beetles, caterpillars, and spiders. Boulenger GA (1885). "A List of Reptiles and Batrachians from the Province Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, sent to the Natural-History Museum by Dr. H. von Ihering". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series 15: 191–196. (Enyalius iheringii, new species, p. 192).
Peters JA, Donoso-Barros R (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 297: v–viii, 1–293. (Enyalius iheringii, p. 118). (in English, with an introduction in English and... Wikipedia →
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Ihering's Fathead Anole sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 15th most-seen of the 23 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ihering's Fathead Anole in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in February and April–December, the lowest months. Those are among São Paulo's wettest months, with about 190 mm of rain a month against 35 mm in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ihering's Fathead Anole sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only São Paulo, in our data
São Paulo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ihering's Fathead Anole sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ihering's Fathead Anole is recorded against all the reptiles logged in São Paulo (12 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.
