Leptodeira nigrofasciata
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Leptodeira nigrofasciata, the black-banded cat-eyed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake sighting in Managua on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 10 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake in Managua on a given day, against under 5% in July, September and November–December, the lowest months. That is one of Managua's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 310 mm in October.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Managua, in our data
Managua is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake that you can see in Managua (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Hallowell's Centipede Snake (about 20%) and Blood Snake (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Managua (22 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.
