Moorish Gecko

Moorish Gecko

Tarentola mauritanica

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Mercantour National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
0–10
Jul
10–20
Aug
20–30
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙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 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
40–50%
2 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
30–40%
3 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
30–40%
4 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
20–30%
6 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
10–20%
7 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%
8 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
9 Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
10 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Moorish Gecko in Mercantour National Park?

About 12% of visitor-days record a Moorish Gecko sighting in Mercantour National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Moorish Gecko in Mercantour National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Moorish Gecko in Mercantour National Park in our monthly data.

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