Meroles cuneirostris
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Meroles cuneirostris, the wedge-snouted sand lizard or wedge-snouted desert lizard, is a species of sand-dwelling lizard in the family Lacertidae. It occurs in the Namib Desert of Namibia and South Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, based on 188 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 39 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard in Namib-Naukluft National Park on a given day, against about 40% in February, April and June–July, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Wedge-snouted 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 Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Meroles
The closest relatives of the Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard that you can see in Namib-Naukluft National Park (genus Meroles, Desert Lizards) are Shovel-snouted Lizard (about 40%) and Spotted Desert Lizard (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Namib-Naukluft National Park (188 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.
