Cnemaspis peninsularis
Silhouette: Jose Carlos Arenas-Monroy · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Cnemaspis peninsularis, also known as the peninsular rock gecko, is a species of gecko from southern Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. Goldberg, Stephen R., Charles R. Bursey, and L. Lee Grismer. "Gastrointestinal helminths of nine species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Malaysia, one species from Cambodia and Thailand and two species from Vietnam." Journal of Natural History 49.43-44 (2015): 2683–2691.
Amarasinghe, AA Thasun, et al. "A New Species of Cnemaspis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia." Herpetologica 71.2 (2015): 160–167. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Peninsular Rock Gecko sighting in Singapore on a given day, based on 61 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 64 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–June, August–September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Peninsular Rock Gecko in Singapore on a given day, against under 5% in January, July and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peninsular Rock 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 Singapore, in our data
Singapore is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Peninsular Rock Gecko sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gekkonidae
The closest relatives of the Peninsular Rock Gecko that you can see in Singapore (family Gekkonidae, Typical Geckos) are Common House Gecko (about 20%), Mourning Gecko (about 20%) and Flat-tailed House Gecko (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Peninsular Rock Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Singapore (61 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.
