Boiga drapiezii
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Boiga drapiezii, commonly known as Drapiez's cat snake and the white-spotted cat snake, is a species of long and slender rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Maritime Southeast Asia and is common throughout its range.
The epithet, drapiezii, is in honor of Belgian naturalist Auguste Drapiez. There are two known phases of B. drapiezii. The green phase has a marbled green body with a more robust head and width. The brown phase is much more slender with orange brown triangle-like bands across the body. This species is in need of urgent review, with possibly subspecies awaiting discovery and subsequent description.
B. drapiezii is found in Borneo, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, Vietnam. The preferred natural habitat of B. drapiezii is forest, at altitudes of 80–900 m (260–2,950 ft). The white-spotted cat snake is nocturnal and arboreal. It can often be found moving about on the forest floor in search of prey and travel. It is found in tropical rainforest, sometimes on branches near streams.
In the wild, the white-spotted... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-spotted Cat Snake sighting in Khao Sok National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 36th most-seen of the 44 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–April and October
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White-spotted Cat Snake in Khao Sok National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–September and November–December, the lowest months.
Between 2 and 5 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White-spotted Cat Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate White-spotted Cat Snake sightings, Khao Sok National Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Kinabalu Park (Malaysia, about 20%).
Same genus: Boiga
The closest relatives of the White-spotted Cat Snake that you can see in Khao Sok National Park (genus Boiga, Australasian Cat Snakes) are Western Mangrove Cat Snake (about 50%), Green Cat Snake (about 20%) and Jasper Cat Snake (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White-spotted Cat Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Khao Sok National Park (6 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.
