Cnemidophorus gaigei
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In 3 days >90%
Cnemidophorus gaigei, commonly known as Gaige's rainbow lizard, is a species of teiid lizard endemic to Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tayrona National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Very likely
About 80% of wildlife watchers report a Gaige’s Rainbow Lizard sighting in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, based on 165 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the most-seen of the 26 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Gaige’s Rainbow Lizard in Tayrona National Natural Park on a given day, against about 40% in February, the lowest month. That is one of Tayrona National Natural Park's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain against 5 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Gaige’s Rainbow Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 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 Gaige’s Rainbow Lizard sightings: about 80% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Teiidae
The closest relatives of the Gaige’s Rainbow Lizard that you can see in Tayrona National Natural Park (family Teiidae, Whiptails and Tegus) are Cope's Ameiva (about 40%) and Dusky Giant Ameiva (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Gaige’s Rainbow Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Tayrona National Natural Park (165 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.
