Broad-headed Woodlizard
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Broad-headed Woodlizard

Enyalioides laticeps

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
30–40% · Possible
overall probability at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
85 Verified records at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
June Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

Enyalioides laticeps, the Amazon broad-headed wood lizard, is a dwarf iguanian lizard found abundantly in Amazonian rainforests. They are semi-arboreal. Other common names for these lizards include big-headed stick lizards (lagartijas de palo de cabezonas), Guichenot's dwarf iguana, Amazon dwarf-iguana (Iguana enana amazónica), and Amazon forest dragon. E. laticeps is a small, ornamented lizard that grows up to 157 millimetres (6.2 in) long and features a very high vertebral crest along its back. They may change color based on environmental factors and rely on rapid running to move around, though they spend the vast majority of their time motionless, blending into the rainforest background (branches, palm fronds) and ambushing prey. When attacked by predators, E. laticeps may remain motionless like a wood stick to avoid predation. Wikipedia →

30–40% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-headed Woodlizard sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 85 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve

Canelos Woodlizard
LC

Canelos Woodlizard

🌙 Nocturnal Reptile

Enyalioides praestabilis

Insufficient data
Boulenger's Dwarf Iguana
LC

Boulenger's Dwarf Iguana

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Enyalioides palpebralis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
30–40
Feb
30–40
Mar
30–40
Apr
30–40
May
50–60
Jun
30–40
Jul
30–40
Aug
20–30
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
30–40
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

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

☀️🌙Day & Night
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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 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
30–40%
2 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
30–40%
3 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Broad-headed Woodlizard in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?

About 34% of wildlife watchers report a Broad-headed Woodlizard sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 85 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Broad-headed Woodlizard in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?

June has the highest sighting rate for Broad-headed Woodlizard in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in our monthly data.

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