Family

Sand Snakes

Psammophiidae

28 species in our catalog · found in 41 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Mimophis occultus

40–50% · Likely

Mimophis mahfalensis

Insufficient data

Hemirhagerrhis hildebrandtii

Insufficient data

Malpolon monspessulanus

20–30% · Possible

Psammophis tanganicus

Insufficient data

Hemirhagerrhis nototaenia

20–30% · Possible

Psammophis subtaeniatus

Insufficient data

Psammophylax tritaeniatus

Insufficient data

Psammophis leightoni

20–30% · Possible

Psammophis sudanensis

Insufficient data

Hemirhagerrhis kelleri

Insufficient data

Rhamphiophis rostratus

Insufficient data

Psammophis orientalis

Insufficient data

Psammophis mossambicus

Insufficient data

Psammophis notostictus

10–20% · Possible

Dipsina multimaculata

10–20% · With luck

Psammophis biseriatus

10–20% · With luck

Psammophylax rhombeatus

10–20% · With luck

Psammophis longifrons

Insufficient data

Psammophis crucifer

0–10% · With luck

Psammophis angolensis

Insufficient data

Psammophis leopardinus

0–10% · With luck

Psammophis punctulatus

Insufficient data

Psammophylax multisquamis

Insufficient data

Psammophis trigrammus

Insufficient data

Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus

Insufficient data

Psammophis brevirostris

Insufficient data

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Psammophis pulcher

Insufficient data

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📅 Monthly Probability

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

10–20

Jan

10–20

Feb

10–20

Mar

10–20

Apr

10–20

May

10–20

Jun

10–20

Jul

10–20

Aug

10–20

Sep

10–20

Oct

10–20

Nov

10–20

Dec

🕐 When They're Spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Sand Snakes

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	P(≥1)
1	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	5	40–50%
	Cape Sand Snake			20–30%
	Karoo Sand Snake			10–20%
	Dwarf Beaked Snake			10–20%
	Western Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Leopard Grass Snake			Insufficient data
2	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	40–50%
	Tanganyika Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Rufous Beaked Snake			Insufficient data
	Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
3	Ankarafantsika National Park	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1	40–50%
	Northern Pencil Snake			40–50%
4	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	4	40–50%
	Eastern Bark Snake			20–30%
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Three-lined Grass Snake			Insufficient data
5	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	40–50%
	Eastern Bark Snake			Insufficient data
	Keller's Bark Snake			Insufficient data
6	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	2	40–50%
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Three-lined Grass Snake			Insufficient data
7	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	8	40–50%
	Link-marked Sand Snake			10–20%
	Eastern Bark Snake			0–10%
	Rufous Beaked Snake			0–10%
	Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Speckled Sand Racer			Insufficient data
	Red Backed Snake			Insufficient data
	🦎 Beautiful Sand snake			Insufficient data
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
8	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	8	30–40%
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			10–20%
	Olive Whip Snake			0–10%
	Eastern Bark Snake			0–10%
	Three-lined Grass Snake			0–10%
	Rufous Beaked Snake			<5%
	Dwarf Sand Snake			<5%
	Cross-marked Grass Snake			Insufficient data
	Short-snouted Whip Snake			Insufficient data
9	Berenty Reserve	🇲🇬 Madagascar	1	30–40%
	Pencil Snake			Insufficient data
10	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	3	20–30%
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Rufous Beaked Snake			Insufficient data
11	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	1	20–30%
	Montpellier Snake			20–30%
12	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	5	20–30%
	Olive Whip Snake			0–10%
	Leopard Grass Snake			0–10%
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Three-lined Grass Snake			Insufficient data
	Cape Sand Snake			Insufficient data
13	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	2	20–30%
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
14	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5	20–30%
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Eastern Bark Snake			Insufficient data
	Speckled Sand Racer			Insufficient data
	Link-marked Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Red Backed Snake			Insufficient data
15	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	3	20–30%
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Kenyan Striped Skaapsteker			Insufficient data
	Sudanese Sand Snake			Insufficient data
16	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2	20–30%
	Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Eastern Bark Snake			Insufficient data
17	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	2	20–30%
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Dwarf Sand Snake			Insufficient data
18	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	3	20–30%
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			10–20%
	Dwarf Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
19	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	20–30%
	Cross-marked Grass Snake			0–10%
	Rhombic Skaapsteker			0–10%
	Karoo Sand Snake			0–10%
20	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	20–30%
	Rhombic Skaapsteker			10–20%
	Cross-marked Grass Snake			0–10%
	Karoo Sand Snake			0–10%
21	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4	10–20%
	Rufous Beaked Snake			Insufficient data
	Sudanese Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Eastern Bark Snake			Insufficient data
22	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1	10–20%
	Sudanese Sand Snake			Insufficient data
23	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	10–20%
	Rufous Beaked Snake			Insufficient data
	Speckled Sand Racer			Insufficient data
24	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	10–20%
	Rhombic Skaapsteker			0–10%
	Cross-marked Grass Snake			0–10%
25	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	10–20%
	Cape Sand Snake			0–10%
	Dwarf Beaked Snake			Insufficient data
26	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	10–20%
	Olive Whip Snake			0–10%
	Short-snouted Whip Snake			Insufficient data
27	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	2	10–20%
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
28	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	10–20%
	Montpellier Snake			10–20%
29	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	1	10–20%
	Montpellier Snake			10–20%
30	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	10–20%
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Short-snouted Whip Snake			Insufficient data
31	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	1	0–10%
	Long Sand Racer			Insufficient data
32	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	0–10%
	Montpellier Snake			Insufficient data
33	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	0–10%
	Montpellier Snake			0–10%
34	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	0–10%
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data
	Dwarf Sand Snake			Insufficient data
35	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	0–10%
	Stripe-bellied Sand Snake			Insufficient data
	Short-snouted Whip Snake			Insufficient data
36	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2	0–10%
	Speckled Sand Racer			Insufficient data
	Rufous Beaked Snake			Insufficient data
37	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	0–10%
	Rufous Beaked Snake			Insufficient data
38	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1	0–10%
	Montpellier Snake			0–10%
39	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2	0–10%
	Olive Whip Snake			<5%
	Dwarf Sand Snake			Insufficient data
40	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	0–10%
	Rufous Beaked Snake			Insufficient data
41	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1	0–10%
	Olive Whip Snake			Insufficient data

Sand Snakes

Species in this group

Northern Pencil Snake

Pencil Snake

Eastern Bark Snake

Montpellier Snake

Tanganyika Sand Snake

Eastern Bark Snake

Stripe-bellied Sand Snake

Three-lined Grass Snake

Cape Sand Snake

Sudanese Sand Snake

Keller's Bark Snake

Rufous Beaked Snake

Eastern Stripe-bellied Sand Snake

Olive Whip Snake

Karoo Sand Snake

Dwarf Beaked Snake

Link-marked Sand Snake

Rhombic Skaapsteker

Long Sand Racer

Cross-marked Grass Snake

Dwarf Sand Snake

Leopard Grass Snake

Speckled Sand Racer

Kenyan Striped Skaapsteker

Western Sand Snake

Red Backed Snake

Short-snouted Whip Snake

Beautiful Sand snake

📅 Monthly Probability

🕐 When They're Spotted

Where to see Sand Snakes

Parks Ranked