Catesby's Snail-eater
Dipsas catesbyi
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusDipsas
- SpeciesDipsas catesbyi (Catesby's Snail-eater)
Closest Relatives at Manu National Park
Neotropical Snail-eater
Dipsas indica
Northern Snail-eater
Dipsas pavonina
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Tschudi's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus melanogenys
Northern Woodland Racer
Drymoluber dichrous
Brown Sipo
Chironius fuscus
Banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira annulata
Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
Amazon Puffing Snake
Spilotes sulphureus
Common Mussurana
Clelia clelia
Pseustes sexcarinatus
Chironius quadricarinatus
Amazon False Fer-de-lance
Xenodon severus
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · 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 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 2 | Cordillera Azul National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 5 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 6 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 7 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Catesby's Snail-eater in Manu National Park?
About 13% of visitor-days record a Catesby's Snail-eater sighting in Manu National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Catesby's Snail-eater in Manu National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Catesby's Snail-eater in Manu National Park in our monthly data.