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 →
5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Chicken Snake sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama), based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at La Amistad International Park (Panama)
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Striped Vine Snake
Oxybelis vittatus
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
South American Milksnake
Lampropeltis micropholis
Central American Lizard Eater
Mastigodryas alternatus
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Common Mussurana
Clelia clelia
Spotted Coffee Snake
Ninia maculata
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea decorata
Taylor's Snail-eater
Dipsas tenuissima
Fire-bellied Snake
Erythrolamprus epinephalus
📅 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 La Amistad International Park (Panama)?
About 8% of wildlife watchers report a Chicken Snake sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama), based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Chicken Snake in La Amistad International Park (Panama)?
October has the highest sighting rate for Chicken Snake in La Amistad International Park (Panama) in our monthly data.