Stenocercus iridescens
Silhouette: Natalie Claunch · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Stenocercus iridescens is a species of lizard of the family Tropiduridae. It is found in Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guayaquil | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana sighting in Machalilla National Park on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 8th most-seen of the 13 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.
June
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana in Machalilla National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and September–January, the lowest months. That is one of Machalilla National Park's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 140 mm in February.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana 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 West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the West Ecuadorian Whorl-tailed Iguana is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Machalilla National Park (9 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.
