Nactus cheverti
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Nactus cheverti, also known commonly as Chevert's gecko, the Fitzroy Island gecko, and the southern Cape York nactus, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to Queensland in Australia. The specific name, cheverti, refers to the ship Chevert which William John Macleay used on his 1875 expedition to New Guinea.
The preferred natural habitat of N. cheverti is forest. N. cheverti is oviparous. Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ.... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Gymnodactylus cheverti, new name, pp. 41–42).
Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350. Wilson S, Swan G (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280.
Zug GR (1998). "Australian populations of the Nactus pelagicus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Cape York Nactus sighting in Daintree National Park on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 20th most-seen of the 31 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.
February and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Cape York Nactus in Daintree National Park on a given day, against under 5% in March and December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Cape York Nactus sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Daintree National Park, in our data
Daintree National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Southern Cape York Nactus sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gekkonidae
The closest relatives of the Southern Cape York Nactus that you can see in Daintree National Park (family Gekkonidae, Typical Geckos) are Mourning Gecko (about 40%), Common House Gecko (about 30%) and Dubious Dtella (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Cape York Nactus is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Daintree National Park (28 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.
