Zonosaurus ornatus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Zonosaurus ornatus, the ornate girdled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae. The species is endemic to Madagascar. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
No species of the same family or order lives in Ranomafana National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ornate Girdled Lizard sighting in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 17th most-seen of the 29 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 70% of wildlife watchers report an Ornate Girdled Lizard in Ranomafana National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April and June–September, the lowest months. That is one of Ranomafana National Park's wettest months, with about 430 mm of rain against 80 mm in September.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ornate Girdled 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 Ranomafana National Park, in our data
Ranomafana National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ornate Girdled Lizard sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ornate Girdled Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ranomafana National Park (22 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.
