Hypsiscopus plumbea
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The rice paddy snake (Hypsiscopus plumbea), also known as grey water snake, Boie's mud snake, yellow or orange bellied water snake, lead water snake or plumbeous water snake is a species of non - venomous, rear-fanged snake endemic to South Asia. It is somewhat common, and is one of the most widespread species of water snake in Asia.
The species epithet, plumbea, means 'lead-like' and refers to the snake's greyish upper body. DNA evidence suggests that this taxon might be a species complex. The rice paddy snake is a relatively small snake, reaching a total length (including tail) of up to 72 cm (28 in), although sources vary. This snake feeds readily on small fish, frogs, and occasionally small lizards. It has countershading coloration, which is dark brown to grey in the upper part of its body, and light colored white to yellowish color at the bottom of its body. In some populations, the upper part may be greenish, and dark spots along the vertebral line may also occur. It is mainly nocturnal.
The rice paddy snake is found in the Andaman Islands (India), Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, southern... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Kuala Lumpur, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Boie's Mud Snake sighting in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 28th most-seen of the 39 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.
February, April–May and August–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Boie's Mud Snake in Kuala Lumpur on a given day, against under 5% in March, June–July and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Boie's Mud Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Kuala Lumpur, in our data
Kuala Lumpur is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Boie's Mud Snake sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Boie's Mud Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kuala Lumpur (10 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.
