Afrotyphlops bibronii
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Bibron's blind snake (Afrotyphlops bibronii) is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is native to southern Africa. The specific name, bibronii, is in honor of French herpetologist Gabriel Bibron. A. bibronii is found in extreme southeastern Botswana, eastern and northern South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, and eastern Zimbabwe, and possibly Mozambique.
A heavy-bodied species of blind snake, A. bibronii is dark olive-brown to brown dorsally, and is paler ventrally. Adults are darker than juveniles. Adults may attain a snout-vent length (SVL) of 29.5 cm (11+5⁄8 in). Its scales are arranged in 30 rows around the body, and there are more than 300 scales in the middorsal row.
The snout is very prominent, with an angular but not sharp edge, below which are located the nostrils. The rostral is very large, extending posteriorly as far as the eyes. The portion of the rostral visible from above is broader than long. The nasals are semidivided, the suture proceeding from the first upper labial. One preocular is present, which is narrower than the nasal or the ocular, and in contact with the second upper labial. There are... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
No species of the same family or order lives in Pretoria, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Bibron's Blind Snake sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th most-seen of the 20 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Bibron's Blind Snake in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in February–March and June–July, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Bibron's Blind Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Pretoria, in our data
Pretoria is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Bibron's Blind 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 Bibron's Blind Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Pretoria (15 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.
