Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard

Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard

Lepidophyma reticulatum

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Manuel Antonio National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
10–20
Jun
<5
Jul
10–20
Aug
<5
Sep
20–30
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
0–10%
2 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
3 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
4 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

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.

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