Medopheos edracanthus
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Bocourt's ameiva (Medopheos edracanthus) is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to northwestern South America. It is the only species in the genus Medopheos. M. edracanthus is found in Ecuador and Peru.
M. edracanthus is found in a variety of habitats, including desert, grassland, shrubland, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 2,335 m (7,661 ft). M. edracanthus is terrestrial and diurnal. M. edracanthus preys upon arthropods.
M. edracanthus is oviparous. Bocourt MF (1874). "Deux notes sur quelques sauriens de l'Amérique tropicale". Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie et Paléontologie, Cinquième Série 19 (4): 1–5. (Ameiva edracantha, new species, pp. 3–5). (in French).
Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II.... Teidæ.... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Ameiva edracantha, p. 349).
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Bocourt's Ameiva sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 13 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Bocourt's Ameiva in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against about 20% in December, the lowest month.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bocourt's Ameiva 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 Machalilla National Park, in our data
Machalilla National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bocourt's Ameiva sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Teiidae
The closest relatives of the Bocourt's Ameiva that you can see in Machalilla National Park (family Teiidae, Whiptails and Tegus) are Seven-lined Ameiva (about 20%) and Peru Desert Tegu (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Bocourt's Ameiva is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Machalilla National Park (70 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.
