Brown House Snake
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Brown House Snake

Boaedon fuliginosus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Tsavo East National Park
6 Verified records at Tsavo East National Park
September Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The African house snake (Boaedon fuliginosus) is a species of snake of the family Lamprophiidae. Harmless to humans, it is widely kept and bred in captivity as a pet by herpetoculturists due to its small size, placid demeanor and easy care requirements. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Brown House Snake sighting in Tsavo East National Park, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Tsavo East National Park

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LC

Speckled wolf snake

Reptile

Lycophidion meleagre

Insufficient data
Cape Wolf Snake
LC

Cape Wolf Snake

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Lycophidion capense

Insufficient data
Western Jackson's Wolf Snake [Occidentale]

Western Jackson's Wolf Snake [Occidentale]

Reptile

Lycophidion jacksoni

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
<5
Oct
5–10
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
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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 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
5–10%
2 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
3 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
4 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
5 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
6 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
7 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown House Snake in Tsavo East National Park?

About 6% of wildlife watchers report a Brown House Snake sighting in Tsavo East National Park, based on 6 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Brown House Snake in Tsavo East National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Brown House Snake in Tsavo East National Park in our monthly data.

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