Enhydris enhydris
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The rainbow water snake (Enhydris enhydris) is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged, colubrid snake, endemic to Asia. E. enhydris is found in southeastern China, Indonesia (Bangka, Belitung, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Sumatra, We), Bangladesh, Cambodia, central and eastern India, Laos, Malaysia (Malaya and East Malaysia, Borneo, Pulau Tioman), Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore (?), Sri Lanka, Pulau Bangka, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Type locality: "Indiae orientalis" Barbour T. 1912. A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the East Indian Islands. Memoirs Mus. Comp. Zoöl., Harvard College 44 (1): 1-203 + Plates 1–8. (Enhydris enhydris, p. 122). Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Hypsirhina enhydris, pp. 376–377).
Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ),... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
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| 1 | Thiruvananthapuram Zoo | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Snake Farm of Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Rainbow Mud Snake sighting in Jakarta on a given day, based on 50 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 19th most-seen of the 47 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Rainbow Mud Snake in Jakarta on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and April, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Rainbow Mud Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Yes
Of the 2 cities where we can rate Rainbow Mud Snake sightings, Jakarta has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Bangkok (Thailand, under 5%).
Same family: Homalopsidae
The closest relatives of the Rainbow Mud Snake that you can see in Jakarta (family Homalopsidae, Mud Snakes) are Banded Swamp Snake (about 30%) and Southeast Asian Bockadam (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Rainbow Mud Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Jakarta (50 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.
