Pseudalsophis elegans
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Pseudalsophis elegans is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. Common names include South American elegant racer and Guayaquil racer. It is the only snake species of the genus Pseudalsophis not found in the Galapagos Islands.
Pseudalsophis elegans is a small-to-medium-sized snake. The maximum reported snout-vent length is 41.5 cm for males and 99.1 cm for females. The dorsal scales are smooth and in 19 rows near the head and at midbody, and 15 or 17 rows near the tail. There are 187−213 ventral scales and 87-119 subcaudal scales. On the head, there are usually 8 supralabials, 10 infralabials, 1 preocular and 2 postocular scales.
The specific epithet elegans (Latin for "elegant") refers to the dorsal pattern, a dark longitudinal stripe with undulating margins toward the head, changing to straight-edged and unbroken toward the tail. This snake was redescribed four times as a new species, which Schmidt and Walker (1943) thought was related "to the variable coloration and to the differences between the juvenile and adult, as well as to the fallibility of taxonomists".
All... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru |
No species of the same family or order lives in Lima, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Racer sighting in Lima on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 6th most-seen of the 6 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 to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Elegant Racer in Lima on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.
Only Lima, in our data
Lima is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Elegant Racer sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Elegant Racer is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Lima (7 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.
