Kentropyx altamazonica
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Kentropyx altamazonica, also known commonly as the Cocha whiptail, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is native to South America. K. altamazonica is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
The preferred natural habitat of K. altamazonica is forest. K. altamazonica is oviparous. Cope ED (1875). "Report on the Reptiles brought by Professor James Orton from the middle and upper Amazon, and western Peru". Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Second Series 8: 159–183. (Centropyx altamazonicus, new species, pp. 162–163). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cocha Whiptail sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 17 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 27th most-seen of the 56 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.
December
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Cocha Whiptail in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, April and August, the lowest months. That is one of Manu National Park's wettest months, with about 250 mm of rain against 60 mm in August.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cocha Whiptail 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 Manu National Park, in our data
Manu National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cocha Whiptail sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cocha Whiptail is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Manu National Park (17 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.
