Ninurta coeruleopunctatus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~80%
Ninurta coeruleopunctatus (syn. Cordylus coeruleopunctatus), the blue-spotted girdled lizard or simply blue-spotted lizard, is a monotypic genus that is endemic to southern, coastal South Africa. The Ninurta coeruleopunctatus, as a member of the Cordylinae subfamily, demonstrates significant variability in body armor. This variation is a cause of the diverse evolutionary pressures within the subfamily. The environments aridity is the significant cause for this body armour's evolution.
Blue-spotted girdled lizard Ninurta gen. nov.: Stanley et al, 2011, Between a rock and a hard polytomy: Rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Squamata: Cordylidae) Media related to Blue-spotted girdled lizard at Wikimedia Commons Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard sighting in Garden Route National Park on a given day, based on 132 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 35 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November to March
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard in Garden Route National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May to July, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Garden Route National Park, in our data
Garden Route National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Cordylidae
The closest relatives of the Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard that you can see in Garden Route National Park (family Cordylidae, Girdle-tail Lizards) are Cape Girdled Lizard (about 10%) and Cape Snake Lizard (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Blue-spotted Girdled Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Garden Route National Park (132 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.
