Mediodactylus russowii
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Mediodactylus russowii, also known commonly as the grey thin-toed gecko, Russow's bent-toed gecko, and the Transcaspian bent-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is native to Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.
The specific name, russowii, is in honor of Estonian naturalist Valerian von Russow (1842–1879). M. russowii is found from Russia to Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, northeastern Iran, northwestern China, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
The preferred natural habitats of M. russowii are desert and shrubland, at altitudes from 45 m (148 ft) below sea level to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level. M. russowii is oviparous. Nikolsky AM (1900). "Reptiles, amphibies [sic... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Shymkent | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
No species of the same family or order lives in Shymkent, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Transcaspian Bent-toed Gecko sighting in Shymkent on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Transcaspian Bent-toed Gecko in Shymkent on a given day, against about 10% in January, March–April, July and September–October, the lowest months. That is one of Shymkent's driest months, with almost no rain against 75 mm in March. February has too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Transcaspian Bent-toed Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Shymkent, in our data
Shymkent is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Transcaspian Bent-toed Gecko sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Transcaspian Bent-toed Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Shymkent (6 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.
