Sceloporus oberon
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Sceloporus oberon, also known commonly as the Oberon spiny lizard, the royal lesser minor lizard, and la lagartija menor negra in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Sceloporinae of the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.
The specific name, oberon, is an allusion to Oberon, king of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Sceloporus oberon is found in the Mexican States of Coahuila and Nuevo León. The preferred natural habitat of Sceloporus oberon is rocky areas in forest.
Sceloporus oberon is terrestrial and saxicolous (rock-dwelling). Sceloporus oberon preys upon centipedes. Sceloporus oberon is viviparous. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Noble Spiny Lizard sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 76 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 43 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–March and May–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Noble Spiny Lizard in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Noble Spiny 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.
Only Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, in our data
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Noble Spiny Lizard sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Sceloporus
The closest relatives of the Noble Spiny Lizard that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (genus Sceloporus, Spiny Lizards) are Rose-bellied Lizard (about 30%), West Gulf Rough-scaled Lizard (about 20%) and Texas Spiny Lizard (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Noble Spiny Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (76 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
