Plee's Tropical Racer

Plee's Tropical Racer

Mastigodryas pleii

Silhouette: Alex Slavenko · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Cali

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

8 Verified sightings at Cali
February Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Plee's Tropical Racer

Mastigodryas pleii, the Plee's tropical racer, is a species of snake found in Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cali 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Plee's Tropical Racer in Cali?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Plee's Tropical Racer sighting in Cali on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 5th most-seen of the 9 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Plee's Tropical Racer in Cali?

February, May–July and December

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Plee's Tropical Racer in Cali on a given day, against under 5% in January, April and August–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Plee's Tropical Racer?

Between 8 and 11 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plee's Tropical Racer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Plee's Tropical Racer?

Only Cali, in our data

Cali is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Plee's Tropical Racer sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Plee's Tropical Racer sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Plee's Tropical Racer is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cali (8 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.

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