Acrochordus granulatus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Acrochordus granulatus is a snake species found from India through Southeast Asia to the Solomon Islands. It is known as the little file snake, marine file snake, and little wart snake. It is completely aquatic and almost helpless on land. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Acrochordus granulatus is the smallest of the three members of the family Acrochordidae, and is commonly called the "little file snake". Acrochordus granulatus is also the only Acrochord that permanently inhabits estuaries as well as coastal seas--hence its other common name, the "marine file snake". All members of Acrochordus are completely aquatic and nearly helpless on land, with the exception of A. granulatus. The file snake has hygroscopic skin that retards desiccation, allowing it to travel out of water.
As with the other members of the genus, Acrochordus granulatus has uniquely spinose scales with an almost rough texture. Members of Acrochordus also possess specialized tubercles with nerve endings on the skin between their scales which provide an extra sensory organ used to feel water movements of prey. Acrochordus granulatus also have laterally compressed tails, and they can flatten... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Komodo National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Little Wartsnake sighting in Komodo National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 19 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Little Wartsnake in Komodo National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–May and September–February, the lowest months. That is one of Komodo National Park's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 10 mm in August.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Little Wartsnake sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Komodo National Park, in our data
Komodo National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Little Wartsnake sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Little Wartsnake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Komodo National 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.
