Cnemidophorus cryptus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Cnemidophorus cryptus, the cryptic racerunner, is a species of teiid lizard found in Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname, and French Guiana. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Vitória | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cryptic Racerunner sighting in Vitória on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 7 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cryptic Racerunner in Vitória on a given day, against under 5% in February–May, July and September, the lowest months.
Only Vitória, in our data
Vitória is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cryptic Racerunner sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Teiidae
The closest relatives of the Cryptic Racerunner that you can see in Vitória (family Teiidae, Whiptails and Tegus) are Argentine Black-and-white Tegu (about 20%) and Amazon Racerunner (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cryptic Racerunner is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Vitória (10 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.
