Lapemis curtus
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Hydrophis curtus, also known as Shaw's Sea Snake, short sea snake, but often includes Hydrophis hardwickii is a species of sea snake. Like most Hydrophiinae sea snakes, it is a viviparous, fully marine, and front fanged elapid that is highly venomous. It is collected for a variety of purposes including human and animal food, for medicinal purposes and for their skin.
This species is characterized by a wide variation in number of ventral scales and degree of parietal scale fragmentation. Both sexes possess spiny scales along their bodies but males have more highly developed spines. This sexual dimorphism in spines may play a role in courtship or in locomotion by reducing drag.
It is a widely distributed species and like most sea snakes is restricted to warmer, tropical waters. Its range includes: Persian Gulf (Oman, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Iran) Indian Ocean (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India)
South China Sea (north to the coasts of Fujian and Shandong) Strait of Taiwan Indo-Australian Archipelago North Coast of Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia) Philippines (Panay) Pacific Ocean (Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia... Wikipedia →
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Mumbai | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Short Sea Snake sighting in Mumbai on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 19th most-seen of the 23 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, March and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Short Sea Snake in Mumbai on a given day, against under 5% in February, April–September and December, the lowest months. Those are among Mumbai's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 830 mm in July.
Only Mumbai, in our data
Mumbai is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Short Sea 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 Short Sea Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Mumbai (5 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.
