Oligodon octolineatus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The eight-striped kukri snake, eight-lined kukri snake, or Grace's kukri snake (Oligodon octolineatus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The species is gonochoric and reproduces sexually with oviparity. The species can be found in countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and Indonesia.
Species Oligodon octolineatus at The Reptile Database Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 3 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a (Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake sighting in Sepilok on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 29th most-seen of the 34 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.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a (Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake in Sepilok on a given day, against under 5% in May–July, September–October and December–February, the lowest months. That is one of Sepilok's wettest months, with about 400 mm of rain against 170 mm in March.
Between 9 pm and midnight
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most (Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Sepilok, in our data
Sepilok is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate (Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the (Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake that you can see in Sepilok (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Paradise Flying Snake (about 30%), Gray Bronzeback (about 30%) and Red-tailed Green Ratsnake (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the (Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Sepilok (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.
