Ptyodactylus guttatus
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The Sinai fan-fingered gecko (Ptyodactylus guttatus) is a species of gecko. It is found in Egypt in, Israel and the Middle East. It is common in the Sinai desert and the Negev desert. Its fan shaped fingers have given it the name מניפנית in Hebrew coming from the word מניפה which means "fan" Wikipedia →
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No species of the same family or order lives in Tel Aviv, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 56 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 4th most-seen of the 14 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.
July to September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in March and December, the lowest months. Those are among Tel Aviv's driest months, with almost no rain against 90 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko sightings, Tel Aviv ranks 3rd at about 30%. The best odds are in Ramallah (Palestine, about 50%) and Jerusalem (Israel, about 50%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Sinai Fan-fingered Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Tel Aviv (56 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.
