Egg-eating Snake
Dasypeltis scabra
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusDasypeltis (Egg-eating Snakes)
- SpeciesDasypeltis scabra (Egg-eating Snake)
Closest Relatives at Mkomazi National Park
East African Egg Eater
Dasypeltis medici
Werner's Water Snake
Crotaphopeltis tornieri
Usambara Vine Snake
Thelotornis usambaricus
Semiornate Snake
Meizodon semiornatus
Spotted Bush Snake
Philothamnus semivariegatus
Battersby's Green Snake
Philothamnus battersbyi
Red-lipped Snake
Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Egg-eating Snake at Mkomazi National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 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 |