Pareas carinatus
Silhouette: Marius Burger (photograph) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The keeled slug-eating snake (Pareas carinatus) is a species of snake in the family Pareidae. It is relatively widespread in Southeast Asia, from southern China (Yunnan) to Burma and Indochina to the Malay Archipelago (Borneo, Java, Lombok, Sumatra, Bali).
Keeled slug-eating snakes live in or near forests. They are nocturnal and mostly arboreal, and as the common name suggests, they feed exclusively on snails and slugs. They are oviparous. While the species is negatively affected by forest destruction, IUCN considers these effects to be localized and not threatening the species. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
No species of the same family or order lives in Jakarta, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Keeled Slug Snake sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 146 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 47 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and October–November
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Keeled Slug Snake in Jakarta on a given day, against about 20% in June, the lowest month.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Keeled Slug Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Keeled Slug Snake sightings, Jakarta has the highest daily chance: about 50%. Next come Denpasar (Indonesia, about 30%) and Bandung (Indonesia, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Keeled Slug Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Jakarta (146 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.
