Cnemaspis silvula
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Cnemaspis silvula is a species of diurnal gecko endemic to island of Sri Lanka. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Cnemaspis&species=silvula https://web.archive.org/web/20141004183323/http://www.srilankanreptiles.com/TetrapodReptiles/Gekkonidae.html
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| # | 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 Galle Round-eyed 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.
May
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Galle Round-eyed Gecko in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June and October–January, the lowest months. That is one of Sinharaja Forest Reserve's wettest months, with about 460 mm of rain against 150 mm in March.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Galle Round-eyed Gecko 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 Sinharaja Forest Reserve, in our data
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Galle Round-eyed Gecko sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Gekkonidae
The closest relatives of the Galle Round-eyed Gecko that you can see in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (family Gekkonidae, Typical Geckos) are Mutilating Gecko (about 30%), Common House Gecko (about 20%) and Dark-collared Bent-toed Gecko (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Galle Round-eyed 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.
