Mountain Keelback

Mountain Keelback

Helicops angulatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Tambopata National Reserve
14 Verified records at Tambopata National Reserve
April Best month highest sighting rate
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

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 →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Keelback sighting in Tambopata National Reserve, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

📅 Monthly Probability

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

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
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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
10–20%
2 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
3 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
4 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
5–10%
5 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
Insufficient data
6 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
7 Amboró National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
Insufficient data
8 Caroni Swamp 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
Insufficient data
9 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
10 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
11 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mountain Keelback in Tambopata National Reserve?

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Mountain Keelback sighting in Tambopata National Reserve, based on 14 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Mountain Keelback in Tambopata National Reserve?

April has the highest sighting rate for Mountain Keelback in Tambopata National Reserve in our monthly data.

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