Gehyra pamela
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Gehyra pamela, also known commonly as the Arnhemland watercourse dtella or the Arnhem Land spotted dtella, is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.
The specific name, pamela, is in honor of Pamela King, who is the wife of taxon author Max King. Gehyra pamela is part of the Gehyra australis species complex. G. pamela is oviparous. Cogger HG (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. ISBN 978-0643100350.
King M (1982). "Karyotypic Evolution in Gehyra (Gekkonidae: Reptilia) II. A New Species from the Alligator Rivers Region in Northern Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology 30 (1): 93–101. (Gehyra pamela, new species).
Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. ISBN 978-1921517280. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an Arnhem Land Spotted Dtella sighting in Kakadu National Park on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 54 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Arnhem Land Spotted Dtella in Kakadu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to April, the lowest months. That is one of Kakadu National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain against 350 mm in January.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Arnhem Land Spotted Dtella sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Kakadu National Park, in our data
Kakadu National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Arnhem Land Spotted Dtella sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Gehyra
The closest relatives of the Arnhem Land Spotted Dtella that you can see in Kakadu National Park (genus Gehyra, Dtellas) are House Gecko (about 20%) and Northern Spotted Rock Dtella (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Arnhem Land Spotted Dtella is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kakadu National Park (12 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.
