Mastigodryas boddaerti
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Mastigodryas boddaerti, commonly known as Boddaert's tropical racer, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to tropical South America including Trinidad and Tobago. M. boddaerti occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
The preferred natural habitat of M. boddaerti is forest, at altitudes of 24–2,600 m (79–8,530 ft). M. boddaerti changes coloration ontogenetically. Juveniles from Guyana have a brown dorsum with grayish tan bands, with white spots ventrolaterally on anterior ends of the tan bands. The chin and throat are white, with dark brown irregular spots. The venter is tan-colored. Adults are nearly uniform brown dorsally, with traces of bands anteriorly. There is a lateral light tan stripe on the anterior half of the body. The venter is light gray with darker gray smudges on the throat. Individuals from Brazilian Amazonas measured up to 109 centimetres (3 ft 7 in) in snout–vent length.
M. boddaerti is diurnal and mainly terrestrial, but it will occasionally climb low vegetation. M. boddaerti feeds on young... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago |
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Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Boddaert's Tropical Racer sighting in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 24 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.
August
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Boddaert's Tropical Racer in Main Ridge Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June–July and December, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Boddaert's Tropical Racer 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 Main Ridge Forest Reserve, in our data
Main Ridge Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Boddaert's Tropical Racer sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the Boddaert's Tropical Racer that you can see in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Venezuelan Cat-eyed Snake (about 30%), Black-backed Snake (about 30%) and Cloudy Snail-eating Snake (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Boddaert's Tropical Racer is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Main Ridge Forest Reserve (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.
