Brown Rat Snake
Ptyas fusca
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusPtyas (Asian Rat Snakes)
- SpeciesPtyas fusca (Brown Rat Snake)
Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
Common Bronze-back
Dendrelaphis pictus
Paradise Flying Snake
Chrysopelea paradisi
Gold-ringed Cat Snake
Boiga dendrophila
Brown Whip Snake
Dryophiops rubescens
Gray Bronzeback
Dendrelaphis caudolineatus
Dark Wolf Snake
Lycodon albofuscus
Red-tailed Green Ratsnake
Gonyosoma oxycephalum
White-spotted Cat Snake
Boiga drapiezii
(Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake
Oligodon octolineatus
Scarce Wolf Snake
Lycodon effraenis
Black Copper Rat Snake
Coelognathus flavolineatus
Striped Dwarf Treesnake
Lycodon tristrigatus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 6 | Khao Luang National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Rat Snake in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Brown Rat Snake sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Rat Snake in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
February has the highest sighting rate for Brown Rat Snake in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.