Psammophylax tritaeniatus
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Three-lined Grass Snake sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 45th most-seen of the 62 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–June and August
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Three-lined Grass Snake in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July and September–March, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's driest months, with about 10 mm of rain a month against 110 mm in February.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Three-lined Grass Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Kruger National Park, in our data
Kruger National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Three-lined Grass Snake sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Psammophiidae
The closest relatives of the Three-lined Grass Snake that you can see in Kruger National Park (family Psammophiidae, Sand Snakes) are Stripe-bellied Sand Snake (about 20%), Olive Whip Snake (about 10%) and Eastern Bark Snake (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Three-lined Grass Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kruger National Park (14 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
