Ameiva praesignis
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
Ameiva praesignis, known as Caripial comehuevo, giant ameiva and Amazon racerunner, is a species of teiid lizard found in Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Parque Natural Metropolitano | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 2 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Giant Ameiva sighting in Soberanía National Park on a given day, based on 77 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 52 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, June, August and November–January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Dusky Giant Ameiva in Soberanía National Park on a given day, against about 10% in September and October, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Dusky Giant Ameiva sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 parks where we can rate Dusky Giant Ameiva sightings, Soberanía National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Chagres National Park (Panama, about 20%) and Tayrona National Natural Park (Colombia, about 20%).
Same family: Teiidae
The closest relatives of the Dusky Giant Ameiva that you can see in Soberanía National Park (family Teiidae, Whiptails and Tegus) are Middle American Ameiva (about 40%) and Delicate Ameiva (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Dusky Giant Ameiva is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Soberanía National Park (77 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.
