Green Water Snake

Green Water Snake

Philothamnus hoplogaster

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · Rare
overall probability at Kruger National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
0–10
Feb
0–10
Mar
0–10
Apr
0–10
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
Nov
<5
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 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
3 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
0–10%
4 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Insufficient data
5 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
6 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
7 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
8 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Green Water Snake in Kruger National Park?

About 5% of visitor-days record a Green Water Snake sighting in Kruger National Park, based on 18 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Green Water Snake in Kruger National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Green Water Snake in Kruger National Park in our monthly data.

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