Dipsas indica
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Dipsas indica, also known as the neotropical snail-eater, is a snake species found in South America. It feeds on slugs and snails, which the snake can extract from their shells using its slender jaw. There are two subspecies:
Dipsas indica indica Laurenti, 1768 Dipsas indica ecuadoriensis Peters, 1960 Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Neotropical Snail-eater sighting in Manu National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 34th most-seen of the 56 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and November–December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Neotropical Snail-eater in Manu National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, April, June–July and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Neotropical Snail-eater sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Manu National Park, in our data
Manu National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Neotropical Snail-eater sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Neotropical Snail-eater is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Manu National Park (10 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.
