Meroles suborbitalis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The spotted sand lizard (Meroles suborbitalis) is a species of lizard found in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Desert Lizard sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 39 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–May, October and December–February
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Desert Lizard in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, against about 10% in November, the lowest month.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Desert Lizard 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 Namib-Naukluft National Park, in our data
Namib-Naukluft National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Desert Lizard sightings: about 30% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Meroles
The closest relatives of the Spotted Desert Lizard that you can see in Namib-Naukluft National Park (genus Meroles, Desert Lizards) are Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard (about 50%) and Shovel-snouted Lizard (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Desert Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Namib-Naukluft National Park (45 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.
