Cordylosaurus subtessellatus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Cordylosaurus (from Greek: κορδῡ́λη kordū́lē, 'club' and Greek: σαῦρος saûros, 'lizard') is a monotypic genus of lizards. Only a single species is assigned to this genus, the blue-black plated lizard (Cordylosaurus subtessellatus). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Namib-Naukluft National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Dwarf Plated Lizard sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd 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.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dwarf Plated Lizard in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–March, August–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dwarf Plated Lizard 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 Namib-Naukluft National Park, in our data
Namib-Naukluft National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dwarf Plated 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 Dwarf Plated Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Namib-Naukluft National Park (7 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.
