Tantilla vermiformis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~80%
Tantilla vermiformis, Hallowell's centipede snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake species distribution is from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Hallowell's Centipede Snake sighting in Managua on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 10 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Hallowell's Centipede Snake in Managua on a given day, against under 5% in July to February, the lowest months. That is one of Managua's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 310 mm in October.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Hallowell's Centipede Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Managua, in our data
Managua is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Hallowell's Centipede Snake sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the Hallowell's Centipede Snake that you can see in Managua (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake (about 40%) 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 Hallowell's Centipede Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Managua (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.
