What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Boaedon mendesi been recorded?

Boaedon mendesi occurrence evidence comes from 323 records in 33 countries and territories, from 1889 to 2025. Most records come from Benin.

SquamataLamprophiidaeBoaedon

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

323 records across 33 countries and territories, 1889–2025.

Boaedon mendesi · GBIF taxon key 11116805

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

5 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18892025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Boaedon mendesi has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Boaedon mendesi. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Benin 89
Uganda 48
Kenya 25
DR Congo 21
Tanzania 21
Nigeria 15
Ghana 11
Somalia 11
Ethiopia 10
São Tomé & Príncipe 10
Angola 6
South Africa 6
Malawi 5
Namibia 5
Togo 5
Gambia 4
Sudan 4
Sierra Leone 4
Liberia 3
Mozambique 3
Zimbabwe 3
United States 2
Zambia 2
Burkina Faso 1
Botswana 1
Central African Republic 1
Cameroon 1
Gabon 1
Rwanda 1
Senegal 1
South Sudan 1
SZ 1
Chad 1
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.