Phoenicolacerta laevis
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Phoenicolacerta laevis, the Lebanon lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is found in Israel, west Jordan, Lebanon, north-west Syria and south Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens.
It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
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More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Lebanon Lizard sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 31 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 6th most-seen of the 14 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January and July
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Lebanon Lizard in Tel Aviv on a given day, against about 10% in February–April, August and October, the lowest months. Those are among Tel Aviv's wettest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Lebanon 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.
4th of 4
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Lebanon Lizard sightings, Tel Aviv ranks 4th at about 20%. The best odds are in Ramallah (Palestine, about 60%), Jerusalem (Israel, about 50%) and Antalya (Turkey, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Lebanon Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Tel Aviv (31 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.
