Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard
Lepidophyma reticulatum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyXantusiidae (Night Lizards)
- GenusLepidophyma (Tropical Night Lizards)
- SpeciesLepidophyma reticulatum (Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard)
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard in Manuel Antonio National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard sighting in Manuel Antonio National Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard in Manuel Antonio National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard in Manuel Antonio National Park in our monthly data.