Coconut Tree Snake

Coconut Tree Snake

Dendrelaphis calligaster

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · With luck
overall probability at Daintree National Park
38 Verified records at Daintree National Park
March Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

Dendrelaphis calligaster, also called green tree snake, northern green tree-snake, and northern tree snake, is a colubrid snake native to New Guinea, Australia, and Solomon Islands. It is a slender, large-eyed, non-venomous, diurnal snake, which grows up to 1.2 m in length and is greenish, brown, or greyish above with a cream or yellow belly. This common snake is harmless, and readily recognised due to its cream to yellow belly and pronounced wide dark facial stripe passing across the eye. Wikipedia →

20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Coconut Tree Snake sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 38 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Daintree National Park

Black Treesnake
LC

Black Treesnake

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Dendrelaphis punctulatus

40–50% · Likely
Brown Tree Snake
LC

Brown Tree Snake

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Boiga irregularis

30–40% · Possible
Slaty-grey snake

Slaty-grey snake

🌙 Nocturnal Reptile

Stegonotus australis

20–30% · Possible
Mair's Keelback
LC

Mair's Keelback

🌅 Crepuscular Reptile

Tropidonophis mairii

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
10–20
Feb
30–40
Mar
20–30
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
20–30
Jul
10–20
Aug
20–30
Sep
10–20
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
2 Lorentz National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Coconut Tree Snake in Daintree National Park?

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Coconut Tree Snake sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 38 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Coconut Tree Snake in Daintree National Park?

March has the highest sighting rate for Coconut Tree Snake in Daintree National Park in our monthly data.

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