Liopeltis tricolor
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Liopeltis tricolor, commonly known as the Malayan ringneck or tricoloured ringneck, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore; Thailand, and Vietnam. One of only a few snakes that feed exclusively on insects. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Malayan Ringneck sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 45th most-seen of the 47 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Malayan Ringneck in Jakarta on a given day, against under 5% in March–May, July–October and December–January, the lowest months. That is one of Jakarta's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain against 370 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Malayan Ringneck sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Jakarta, in our data
Jakarta is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Malayan Ringneck sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the Malayan Ringneck that you can see in Jakarta (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Oriental Whipsnake (about 60%), Common Bronze-back (about 40%) and Common Wolf Snake (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Malayan Ringneck is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Jakarta (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.
