Common Purple-glossed Snake

Common Purple-glossed Snake

Amblyodipsas polylepis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at iSimangaliso Wetland Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
10–20
Oct
0–10
Nov
0–10
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 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
2 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
3 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
4 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
5 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
6 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Common Purple-glossed Snake in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?

About 10% of visitor-days record a Common Purple-glossed Snake sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Common Purple-glossed Snake in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Common Purple-glossed Snake in iSimangaliso Wetland Park in our monthly data.

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