Gopher Snake

Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Badlands National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
10–20
Mar
40–50
Apr
60–70
May
50–60
Jun
40–50
Jul
20–30
Aug
30–40
Sep
30–40
Oct
10–20
Nov
20–30
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙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 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
2 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
3 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
4 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
5 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
6 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
7 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
8 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
9 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
10 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
11 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
12 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
13 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
14 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Gopher Snake in Badlands National Park?

About 46% of visitor-days record a Gopher Snake sighting in Badlands National Park, based on 71 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Gopher Snake in Badlands National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Gopher Snake in Badlands National Park in our monthly data.

← Back to Badlands National Park