Oedura gemmata
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Oedura gemmata, also called the jewelled velvet gecko or dotted velvet gecko, is a gecko endemic to Northern Territory in Australia. They normally measure 50 cm long head to tail. They live in the Northern territory of Australia, they like to live in rocky places. 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 a Dotted Velvet Gecko sighting in Kakadu National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 54 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.
November
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Dotted Velvet Gecko in Kakadu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–April and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dotted Velvet Gecko 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 Dotted Velvet Gecko sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Diplodactylidae
The closest relatives of the Dotted Velvet Gecko that you can see in Kakadu National Park (family Diplodactylidae, Australasian Geckos) are Giant Cave Gecko (about 20%) and Northern Spiny-tailed Gecko (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dotted Velvet Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kakadu National Park (20 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.
