Genus

Ground Snakes

Atractus

5 species in our catalog · found in 5 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassSquamata
FamilyColubridae (Colubrid Snakes)
GenusAtractus (Ground Snakes)

Species in this group

Atractus badius

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Atractus carrioni

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Atractus snethlageae

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Atractus major

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Atractus clarki

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~20%

Apr

~10%

May

~10%

Jun

~40%

Jul

<5%

Aug

<5%

Sep

<5%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~10%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Ground Snakes

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 52 species, darker where more of them overlap (GARD, Roll et al. 2017 & Caetano et al. 2022). Our parks

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	1 of 5	~30%
	Boie's Ground Snake			~30%
2	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 5	~20%
	Parker's Ground Snake			~20%
3	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 5	~20%
	Pachacamac Ground Snake			~20%
4	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 5	~10%
	Big Ground Snake			~10%
5	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1 of 5	~10%
	Clark's Ground Snake			~10%

Ground Snakes

Species in this group

Boie's Ground Snake

Parker's Ground Snake

Pachacamac Ground Snake

Big Ground Snake

Clark's Ground Snake

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Ground Snakes

Parks Ranked