Dicrodon guttulatum
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Dicrodon guttulatum, the Peru desert tegu, is a species of teiid lizard found in Ecuador and Peru. It is herbivorous, with Prosopis pallida making up the majority of its diet. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Peru Desert Tegu sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 13 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.
January, April and June
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Peru Desert Tegu in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, May and August–November, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Peru Desert Tegu sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 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 Peru Desert Tegu sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Teiidae
The closest relatives of the Peru Desert Tegu that you can see in Machalilla National Park (family Teiidae, Whiptails and Tegus) are Bocourt's Ameiva (about 50%) and Seven-lined Ameiva (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Peru Desert Tegu is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Machalilla National Park (7 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.
