Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus, commonly known as Gunther's bronzeback tree snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It was described and named, as Dendrophis caudolineolata, by Albert Günther of the British Museum in 1869.
The snake is found in Sri Lanka, where the type specimen, now in the Natural History Museum, London, was collected by Richard Hawksworth Barnes. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-Tailed Bronzeback sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, based on 41 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 9th most-seen of the 32 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–March, May and August
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Stripe-Tailed Bronzeback in Sinharaja Forest Reserve on a given day, against under 5% in July and October, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Stripe-Tailed Bronzeback sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Sinharaja Forest Reserve, in our data
Sinharaja Forest Reserve is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Stripe-Tailed Bronzeback sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Stripe-Tailed Bronzeback is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Sinharaja Forest Reserve (41 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.
