Dipsas mikanii
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Dipsas mikanii is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to eastern South America. The specific name, mikanii, is in honor of German biologist Johann Christian Mikan.
Dipsas mikanii is found in Argentina, eastern Brazil, and Paraguay. The preferred natural habitats of Dipsas mikanii are forest and savanna, at elevations from sea level to 1,350 m (4,430 ft). Dipsas mikanii is terrestrial, semiarboreal, and nocturnal.
Dipsas mikanii preys predominately upon mollusks, slugs, and snails. Dipsas mikanii is oviparous. Females lay eggs in communal nests. Albuquerque, C.E.; Ferrarezzi, H. (2004). "A case of communal nesting in the neotropical snake Sibynomorphus makinii (Serpentes, Colubridae)". Phyllomedusa. 3 (1): 73–77.
Boulenger, G.A. (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Slug-eating Snake sighting in São Paulo on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 11th 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.
February–July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Brazilian Slug-eating Snake in São Paulo on a given day, against under 5% in August–October and December–January, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Brazilian Slug-eating Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only São Paulo, in our data
São Paulo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Brazilian Slug-eating 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 Brazilian Slug-eating Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in São Paulo (20 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.
