Tropidurus catalanensis
Silhouette: Heitor Campos de Sousa · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Tropidurus catalanensis is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae, the neotropical ground lizards. It is native to South America, where it can be found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oakland Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Western Collared Spiny Lizard sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 411 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 23 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and July–September
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Western Collared Spiny Lizard in São Paulo on a given day, against about 10% in June, the lowest month. Those are among São Paulo's driest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against 230 mm in January.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Collared Spiny Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only São Paulo, in our data
São Paulo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Western Collared Spiny 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 Western Collared Spiny Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in São Paulo (411 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.
