Egg-eating Snake
Dasypeltis scabra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusDasypeltis (Egg-eating Snakes)
- SpeciesDasypeltis scabra (Egg-eating Snake)
Closest Relatives at Garden Route National Park
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · 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 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Gorongosa National Park | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | |
| 7 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 8 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 9 | Tarangire National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 11 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 12 | Serengeti National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Egg-eating Snake in Garden Route National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Egg-eating Snake sighting in Garden Route National Park, based on 20 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Egg-eating Snake in Garden Route National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Egg-eating Snake in Garden Route National Park in our monthly data.