Lepidophyma reticulatum
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Lepidophyma reticulatum, the Costa Rican tropical night lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard found in Costa Rica and Panama. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Manuel Antonio National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard sighting in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 39 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May, July and September, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Manuel Antonio National Park, in our data
Manuel Antonio National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Manuel Antonio National Park (8 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.
