Mountain Keelback
Helicops angulatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusHelicops (Mountain Keelbacks)
- SpeciesHelicops angulatus (Mountain Keelback)
The brown-banded water snake (Helicops angulatus) is a species of aquatic snake found in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It is also known as the water mapepire. Wikipedia →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Keelback sighting in Manu National Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Manu National Park
Norman's Keelback
Helicops polylepis
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Tschudi's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus melanogenys
Catesby's Snail-eater
Dipsas catesbyi
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
Central Sipo
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 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 5 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 6 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 7 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 8 | Caroni Swamp | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 9 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 10 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Keelback in Manu National Park?
About 5% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Keelback sighting in Manu National Park, based on 8 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Mountain Keelback in Manu National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Keelback in Manu National Park in our monthly data.