Paraxenodermus borneensis
Silhouette: Sin Syue Li (photograph) · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Paraxenodermus borneensis (common names: Borneo red snake, Stolickza's stream snake) is a species of snake in the family Xenodermatidae. It is endemic to Borneo and known from Sabah, Sarawak (Malaysia), and West and Central Kalimantan (Indonesia). The holotype was collected from Mount Kinabalu by Richard Hanitsch. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
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No species of the same family or order lives in Kinabalu Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Borneo Red Snake sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 50th most-seen of the 69 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Borneo Red Snake in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in January, March, May–July and September–November, the lowest months. That is one of Kinabalu Park's driest months, with about 180 mm of rain against 550 mm in June.
Between 10 pm and 1 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Borneo Red Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Borneo Red 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 Borneo Red Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kinabalu Park (7 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.
