Lygodactylus picturatus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week ~90%
The white-headed dwarf gecko or painted dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus picturatus) is a species of Lygodactylus gecko widely distributed in Africa. One subspecies is recognized, in addition to the nominate one: Lygodactylus picturatus sudanensis Loveridge, 1935, the Sudani dwarf gecko. The species Lygodactylus luteopicturatus was synonymized with L. picturatus in 2004. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikumi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrocław Zoological Garden | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 2 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Africarium | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 4 | terrarium ogrodu zoologicznego we Wrocławiu | 🇵🇱 Poland |
No species of the same family or order lives in Mikumi National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Dwarf Gecko sighting in Mikumi National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Painted Dwarf Gecko in Mikumi National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February–June and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Mikumi National Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 15 mm in June.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Painted Dwarf Gecko 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 Mikumi National Park, in our data
Mikumi National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Painted Dwarf Gecko sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Painted Dwarf Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Mikumi 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.
