Where has the Spotted Night Adder been recorded?

Causus maculatus occurrence evidence comes from 278 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1894 to 2019. Most records come from Benin.

• 278 records
• 15 places
• 35 years recorded
• Squamata class

Observation evidence passport

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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

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

Where Spotted Night Adder has been recorded

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