Prosymna janii
Silhouette: SeismicShrimp · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mozambique Shovel-snout sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 31st 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.
November to February
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mozambique Shovel-snout in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in March to October, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mozambique Shovel-snout sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only iSimangaliso Wetland Park, in our data
iSimangaliso Wetland Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mozambique Shovel-snout sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mozambique Shovel-snout is recorded against all the reptiles logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (8 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.
