Lepidoblepharis miyatai
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Lepidoblepharis miyatai is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is endemic to Colombia. The specific name, miyatai, is in honor of American herpetologist Kenneth Ichiro Miyata (1951–1983).
L. miyatai is found in Magdalena Department, Colombia. The holotype of Lepidoblepharis miyatai has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 20 mm (0.79 in) and a broken tail. Lepidoblepharis miyatai is a unique sphaerodactyline gecko which occurs in dry coastal thorn forest of the Department of Magdalena, northern Colombia (Lamar 1985).
L. miyatai is oviparous. Lamar, William W. (1985). "A New Lepidoblepharis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from the North Coast of Colombia". Herpetologica 41 (2): 128–132. (Lepidoblepharis miyatai, new species). Montes-Correa, Andrés Camilo; Jiménez-Bolaño, Juan David; Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabián; Rivas, Gilson A.; Granda-Rodríguez, Hernán D.; Saboyá-Acosta, Liliana P; Renjifo, Juan Manuel (2018). "Geographic distribution and habitat use of Lepidoblepharis miyatai (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae), with comments on the taxonomic... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Colombian Dwarf Gecko sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 25th most-seen of the 26 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Colombian Dwarf Gecko in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–July and September, the lowest months. That is one of Tayrona National Natural Park's driest months, with about 35 mm of rain against 180 mm in October.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Colombian Dwarf Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Tayrona National Natural Park, in our data
Tayrona National Natural Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Colombian Dwarf Gecko sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Colombian Dwarf Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Tayrona National Natural Park (16 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.
