Chilabothrus striatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Chilabothrus striatus, the Hispaniolan boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic). The species is regularly found in the international pet trade. Small individuals eat lizards of the genus Anolis, while larger individuals eat birds and rodents.
Three subspecies are recognized: Chilabothrus striatus exagistus Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Tiburon Peninsula boa Chilabothrus striatus striatus (J.G. Fischer, 1856) – Hispaniolan or Dominican red mountain boa Chilabothrus striatus warreni Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Tortuga Island boa
Chilobothrus striatus fosteri (Thomas Barbour, 1941) – Bimini Boa Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Chilabothrus. The subspecific name warreni is in honor of C. Rhea Warren who collected herpetological specimens on Île de la Tortue. Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families... Boidæ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
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| 1 | San Diego Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Prague Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 3 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Silesian Zoological Garden | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 6 | Kyiv Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 7 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 8 | Zoo Samara | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Rákosův pavilon | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 10 | Velemlokárium | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
No species of the same family or order lives in Santo Domingo, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Haitian Boa sighting in Santo Domingo on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 16th most-seen of the 22 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Haitian Boa in Santo Domingo on a given day, against under 5% in May–June and December–March, the lowest months. That is one of Santo Domingo's wettest months, with about 70 mm of rain against 20 mm in February.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Haitian Boa sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Santo Domingo, in our data
Santo Domingo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Haitian Boa sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Haitian Boa is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Santo Domingo (8 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.
