Tarentola delalandii
In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The Tenerife gecko (Tarentola delalandii), also known commonly as Delalande's gecko and the Tenerife wall gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Phyllodactylidae. The specific name, delalandii, is in honor of French naturalist Pierre Antoine Delalande.
T. delalandii is endemic to Tenerife and La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. The natural habitats of T. delalandii are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas, at altitudes from sea level to 2,300 m (7,500 ft).
T. delalandii is oviparous. The eggs are laid under rocks. T. delalandii is threatened by habitat loss. Brown RP, Jin Y. 2026. Generation and Maintenance of Diversity in an Island: A History of Fragmentation, Secondary Contact and Admixture. Journal of Biogeography 53 (2), e70178.
Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. Geckonidæ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis...
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) | 🇪🇸 Spain |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhelma | 🇩🇪 Germany |
No species of the same family or order lives in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife), so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Tenerife Gecko sighting in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) on a given day, based on 141 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 2nd most-seen of the 6 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Tenerife Gecko in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) on a given day, against about 20% in February and June, the lowest months.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tenerife Gecko sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife), in our data
Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Tenerife Gecko sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tenerife Gecko is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Teno-Rasca Marine Strip (Tenerife) (141 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.
