Gymnophthalmus speciosus
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~80%
Gymnophthalmus speciosus, the golden spectacled tegu, is a microteiid lizard found in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. It is a small, cylindrical lizard with a long tail and a tendency to reduced extremeties. Photos of Gymnophthalmus speciosus at INBio, Costa Rica Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Masaya Volcano National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Golden Spectacled Tegu sighting in Masaya Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 7th most-seen of the 7 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, 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 Golden Spectacled Tegu in Masaya Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and July–January, the lowest months. That is one of Masaya Volcano National Park's wettest months, with about 280 mm of rain against 15 mm in January.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Golden Spectacled 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 Masaya Volcano National Park, in our data
Masaya Volcano National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Golden Spectacled Tegu sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Golden Spectacled Tegu is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Masaya Volcano National Park (5 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.
