Uropeltis jerdoni
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Uropeltis jerdoni, commonly known as Jerdon's shieldtail snake, is a species of snake in the family Uropeltidae. This recently described species is known from the Devarayanadurga hills, abutting the Bangalore suburbs in Bangalore Rural District and the bordering Tumkur district of Karnataka State in South India. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Bengaluru | 🇮🇳 India |
No species of the same family or order lives in Bengaluru, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jerdon’s Shieldtail Snake sighting in Bengaluru on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 26th most-seen of the 26 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August to October
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Jerdon’s Shieldtail Snake in Bengaluru on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months. Those are among Bengaluru's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against almost none in January.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Jerdon’s Shieldtail 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 Bengaluru, in our data
Bengaluru is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Jerdon’s Shieldtail Snake sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Jerdon’s Shieldtail Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Bengaluru (5 verified sightings), 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.
