Mimophis occultus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Ankarafantsika National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Pencil Snake sighting in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 20 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, July and November
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Northern Pencil Snake in Ankarafantsika National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April, June and August–September, the lowest months. Those are among Ankarafantsika National Park's wettest months, with about 240 mm of rain a month against almost none in August. February and March have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Northern Pencil Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Ankarafantsika National Park, in our data
Ankarafantsika National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Northern Pencil Snake sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Northern Pencil Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ankarafantsika National Park (16 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
