Homoroselaps lacteus
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Homoroselaps lacteus, also known as the spotted harlequin snake, is a species of atracaspidid snake. It is found in South Africa and Eswatini. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | West Coast National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
No species of the same family or order lives in Cape Town, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Harlequin Snake sighting in Cape Town on a given day, based on 18 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 31st most-seen of the 35 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.
June and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Harlequin Snake in Cape Town on a given day, against under 5% in July–September and December–May, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Harlequin Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cape Town, in our data
Cape Town is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Harlequin Snake sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Harlequin Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cape Town (18 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.
