Cyrtodactylus cracens
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Cyrtodactylus cracens is a species of gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka. Cyrtodactylus cracens is known from and around the Sinharaja Forest Reserve. Cyrtodactylus cracens can grow to a snout–vent length of at least 105 mm (4.1 in). Dorsal tubercles are flattened, and claws long. Scales under fourth toe 7–10. Mental subtriangular, midbody scale rows 26–32. About 6–8 rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody. Scales on venter imbricate to subimbricate, with rounded posterior edges. A single series of 5 pre-anal pores in a shallow pre-cloacal depression.
Inhabits small, cave-like rocky areas adjoining forest streams as well as tree trunks in forests and a cardamon plantation (former C. subsolanus). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dark-collared Bent-toed Gecko sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 24th most-seen of the 32 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May–July and October
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dark-collared Bent-toed Gecko in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and November–February, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dark-collared Bent-toed Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Sinharaja Forest Reserve, in our data
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Dark-collared Bent-toed Gecko sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gekkonidae
The closest relatives of the Dark-collared Bent-toed Gecko that you can see in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (family Gekkonidae, Typical Geckos) are Mutilating Gecko (about 30%), Common House Gecko (about 20%) and Galle Round-eyed Gecko (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dark-collared Bent-toed Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (8 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.
