Dolichophis jugularis
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Dolichophis jugularis, also known commonly as the black whipsnake and the large whip snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to West Asia. There are three subspecies. Dolichophis jugularis is found in Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malta, and Syria.
D. jugularis is found in a variety of habitats including forest, shrubland, grassland, and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). Dorsally, adults are black, but juveniles are tan with darker small blotches. The juvenile pattern disappears when the snake reaches the age of three to four years.
D. jugularis is oviparous. Clutch size is 7–11 eggs. Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. Dolichophis jugularus jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Arnold EN, Burton JA (1978). A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. London: Collins. 272 pp. ISBN 0-00-219318-3. (Coluber... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Tel Aviv | 🇮🇱 Israel |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Whip Snake sighting in Tel Aviv on a given day, based on 9 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 9th most-seen of the 14 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–May and July–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Large Whip Snake in Tel Aviv on a given day, against under 5% in June and October–January, the lowest months.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Large Whip 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 Tel Aviv, in our data
Tel Aviv is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Large Whip 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 Large Whip Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Tel Aviv (9 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.
