Holcosus septemlineatus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Holcosus septemlineatus, also known commonly as the seven-lined ameiva or the lagartija terrestre de cola azul (Spanish), is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
H. septemlineatus is found in the western lowlands of Ecuador and Colombia. In Ecuador, H. septemlineatus inhabits areas which the World Wide Fund for Nature classifies as the bioregions of Ecuadorian dry forests, Western Ecuador moist forests, Northwestern Andean montane forests, Guayaquil flooded grasslands, South American Pacific mangroves, and Manabí mangroves. 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 Seven-lined Ameiva sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 6 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, May–June and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Seven-lined Ameiva in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–April and September–December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Seven-lined Ameiva 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 Seven-lined Ameiva sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Teiidae
The closest relatives of the Seven-lined Ameiva that you can see in Machalilla National Park (family Teiidae, Whiptails and Tegus) are Bocourt's Ameiva (about 50%) 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 Seven-lined Ameiva is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Machalilla National Park (6 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.
