Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusSpilotes
- SpeciesSpilotes pullatus (Chicken Snake)
Closest Relatives at Iguaçu National Park
Aesculapian False Coral Snake
Erythrolamprus aesculapii
Lichtenstein's Green Racer
Philodryas olfersii
Cobra-d’água
Erythrolamprus macrosomus
Wagler's Snake
Xenodon merremii
Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
Guibe's Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus guibei
Blind Ground Snake
Erythrolamprus typhlus
Pampas Snake
Tomodon dorsatus
Brazilian Slug-eating Snake
Dipsas mikanii
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chicken Snake in Iguaçu National Park?
About 19% of visitor-days record a Chicken Snake sighting in Iguaçu National Park, based on 27 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chicken Snake in Iguaçu National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Chicken Snake in Iguaçu National Park in our monthly data.