Brown Whip Snake
Dryophiops rubescens
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusDryophiops (Southeast Asian Whip Snakes)
- SpeciesDryophiops rubescens (Brown Whip Snake)
Closest Relatives at Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary
Common Bronze-back
Dendrelaphis pictus
Paradise Flying Snake
Chrysopelea paradisi
Gold-ringed Cat Snake
Boiga dendrophila
Gray Bronzeback
Dendrelaphis caudolineatus
Brown Rat Snake
Ptyas fusca
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 at dawn and dusk · 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 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 2 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 3 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 4 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 7 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Brown Whip Snake in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
About 12% of visitor-days record a Brown Whip Snake sighting in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Brown Whip Snake in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary?
October has the highest sighting rate for Brown Whip Snake in Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in our monthly data.