Hormonotus modestus
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
Hormonotus is a genus of snakes. At present, this genus is monotypic, as there is only one commonly accepted species in it, Hormonotus modestus, commonly known as the Uganda house snake or yellow forest snake. It is widespread in tropical Africa. Its sister taxon is Inyoka swazicus, the Swazi rock snake.
The snake is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo (RoC − Brazzaville), Gabon, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda and some other parts of Africa. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Taï National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report an Uganda House Snake sighting in Taï National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 9 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report an Uganda House Snake in Taï National Park on a given day, against about 10% in March–May and August, the lowest months. Those are among Taï National Park's wettest months, with about 270 mm of rain a month against 40 mm in December. October to February have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Uganda House Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Taï National Park, in our data
Taï National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Uganda House Snake sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Uganda House Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Taï National Park (5 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.
