Notomabuya frenata
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Notomabuya is a genus of skinks. It contains one species, Notomabuya frenata, which is found in South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and northeast Argentina. This species is viviparous and shows sexual dimorphism in body size, with adults females being bigger than males.
N. frenata is a diurnal and viviparous species, and its diet is composed mainly by small arthropods, although preying in another smaller lizards and even cannibalism were already registered. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 2 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
No species of the same family or order lives in Iguazú National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cope's Mabuya sighting in Iguazú National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 18 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.
March
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cope's Mabuya in Iguazú National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, May and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cope's Mabuya sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Cope's Mabuya sightings, Iguazú National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 40%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cope's Mabuya is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Iguazú National Park (8 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.
