Stripe-bellied Sand Snake

Stripe-bellied Sand Snake

Psammophis subtaeniatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Moremi Game Reserve

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
10–20
Apr
30–40
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
2 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
10–20%
3 Waterberg Plateau Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
4 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
5 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
6 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
7 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
8 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
9 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
Insufficient data
10 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Stripe-bellied Sand Snake in Moremi Game Reserve?

About 11% of visitor-days record a Stripe-bellied Sand Snake sighting in Moremi Game Reserve, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Stripe-bellied Sand Snake in Moremi Game Reserve?

May has the highest sighting rate for Stripe-bellied Sand Snake in Moremi Game Reserve in our monthly data.

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