Calliophis maculiceps
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Calliophis maculiceps, commonly known as the speckled coral snake or the small-spotted coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake endemic to Southeast Asia. Five subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.
C. maculiceps is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. The following five subspecies are considered valid: Calliophis maculiceps atrofrontalis (Sauvage, 1877) Calliophis maculiceps hughi (Cochran, 1927)
Calliophis maculiceps maculiceps (Günther, 1858) Calliophis maculiceps michaelis Deuve, 1961 Calliophis maculiceps smithi Klemmer, 1963 Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Calliophis.
Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Callophis [sic] maculiceps, p. 384).
Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Small-spotted Coral Snake sighting in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 38th most-seen of the 45 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Small-spotted Coral Snake in Cat Tien National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April–May and July–October, the lowest months. That is one of Cat Tien National Park's driest months, with about 55 mm of rain against 490 mm in July.
Between 5 and 8 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Small-spotted Coral Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Cat Tien National Park, in our data
Cat Tien National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Small-spotted Coral Snake sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Elapidae
The closest relatives of the Small-spotted Coral Snake that you can see in Cat Tien National Park (family Elapidae, Elapid Snakes) are Banded Krait (about 30%) and Blue Krait (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Small-spotted Coral Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cat Tien National Park (7 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.
