Amazon Puffing Snake
Spilotes sulphureus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusSpilotes
- SpeciesSpilotes sulphureus (Amazon Puffing Snake)
Closest Relatives at Madidi National Park
Tschudi's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus melanogenys
Banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira annulata
Mountain Keelback
Helicops angulatus
Linnaeus' Sipo
Chironius exoletus
Northern Woodland Racer
Drymoluber dichrous
Blind Ground Snake
Erythrolamprus typhlus
Tropical Flat Snake
Siphlophis compressus
Pseustes sexcarinatus
Chironius quadricarinatus
Emmel's Ground Snake
Atractus emmeli
Neotropical Snail-eater
Dipsas indica
Norman's Keelback
Helicops polylepis
Olive Forest Racer
Dendrophidion dendrophis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Amazon Puffing Snake at Madidi National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Canaima National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Madidi National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 8 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |