What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Olive Grass Racer been recorded?

Psammophis phillipsii occurrence evidence comes from 442 records in 22 countries and territories, from 1894 to 2016. Most records come from Benin.

SquamataPsammophiidaePsammophis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

442 records across 22 countries and territories, 1894–2016.

Psammophis phillipsii · GBIF taxon key 5959515

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

18942016

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

Where Olive Grass Racer has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Olive Grass Racer. 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 236
Mozambique 56
Ghana 23
Gabon 22
Kenya 22
Uganda 22
Congo 16
Liberia 15
DR Congo 6
Togo 5
Somalia 4
Central African Republic 2
Ethiopia 2
Zambia 2
Zimbabwe 2
Angola 1
Côte d'Ivoire 1
Mali 1
Mauritania 1
Niger 1
Sierra Leone 1
South Africa 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.