Masticophis schotti
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Masticophis schotti, commonly known as Schott's whip snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in United States in Texas and in western Mexico. It lives up to an altitude of 2300 meters.
Masticophis schotti ruthveni Ortenburger, 1923 – Ruthven's whip snake Masticophis schotti schotti Baird & Girard, 1853 – Schott's whip snake Its species name was given to it in honor of Arthur Schott. The subspecies Masticophis schotti ruthveni is named in honor of Alexander Grant Ruthven.
Baird & Girard, 1853 : Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.-Serpents. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, p. 1-172 (Full text). Ortenburger, 1923 : A note on the genera Coluber and Masticophis and a description of a new species of Masticophis. Occasional papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, No. 139, p. 1-14 (Full text).
Smith, 1941 : Notes on Mexican snakes of the genus Masticophis. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, vol. 31, No. 9, p. 388-398 (Full text). Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cumbres de Monterrey National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Schott's Whipsnake sighting in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 28th most-seen of the 43 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March–May and August–September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Schott's Whipsnake in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June–July and October–February, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Schott's Whipsnake 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 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, in our data
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Schott's Whipsnake sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the Schott's Whipsnake that you can see in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Northern Cat-eyed Snake (about 10%), Baird's Ratsnake (about 10%) and Great Plains Ratsnake (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Schott's Whipsnake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Cumbres de Monterrey National Park (11 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
