Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusSpilotes
- SpeciesSpilotes pullatus (Chicken Snake)
Spilotes pullatus, commonly known as the chicken snake, tropical chicken snake, or yellow rat snake, is a species of large nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the Neotropics. Wikipedia →
10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Chicken Snake sighting in Iguazú National Park, based on 24 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Iguazú National Park
Lichtenstein's Green Racer
Philodryas olfersii
Aesculapian False Coral Snake
Erythrolamprus aesculapii
Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
Yellow-bellied Liophis
Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus
Brazilian Slug-eating Snake
Dipsas mikanii
Cobra-d’água
Erythrolamprus macrosomus
Guibe's Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus guibei
Pampas Snake
Tomodon dorsatus
Neotropical Snail-eater
Dipsas bucephala
Blind Ground Snake
Erythrolamprus typhlus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chicken Snake in Iguazú National Park?
About 14% of wildlife watchers report a Chicken Snake sighting in Iguazú National Park, based on 24 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Chicken Snake in Iguazú National Park?
January has the highest sighting rate for Chicken Snake in Iguazú National Park in our monthly data.