Black Girdled Lizard

Black Girdled Lizard

Cordylus niger

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Table Mountain National Park

Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park

Cape Girdled Lizard
LC

Cape Girdled Lizard

🌙 Nocturnal Reptile

Cordylus cordylus

<5% · Rare
Cape Crag Lizard
LC

Cape Crag Lizard

Reptile

Pseudocordylus microlepidotus

10–20% · With luck
Cape Snake Lizard
LC

Cape Snake Lizard

Reptile

Chamaesaura anguina

0–10% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
40–50
Feb
40–50
Mar
40–50
Apr
40–50
May
30–40
Jun
30–40
Jul
30–40
Aug
40–50
Sep
50–60
Oct
40–50
Nov
40–50
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 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
40–50%
2 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Black Girdled Lizard in Table Mountain National Park?

About 45% of visitor-days record a Black Girdled Lizard sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 1603 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Black Girdled Lizard in Table Mountain National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Black Girdled Lizard in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.

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