Gopher Snake

Closest Relatives at Yellowstone National Park

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	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
2	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
3	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
4	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
5	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
6	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
7	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
8	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
9	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
10	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
11	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
12	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	10–20%
13	Cumbres de Monterrey National Park	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
14	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Gopher Snake in Yellowstone National Park?

About 23% of visitor-days record a Gopher Snake sighting in Yellowstone National Park, based on 108 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Gopher Snake in Yellowstone National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Gopher Snake in Yellowstone National Park in our monthly data.