What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Hissing Sand Snake been recorded?

Psammophis sibilans occurrence evidence comes from 162 records in 19 countries and territories, from 1901 to 1989. Most records come from Egypt.

SquamataPsammophiidaePsammophis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

162 records across 19 countries and territories, 1901–1989.

Psammophis sibilans · GBIF taxon key 5959474

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: November.

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

What this does not mean

historical 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: November. 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

19011989

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

Where Hissing Sand Snake has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Hissing Sand Snake. 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
Egypt 86
Kenya 17
Benin 10
Gambia 8
Ghana 6
South Africa 5
DR Congo 4
Senegal 4
Somalia 4
Burkina Faso 3
Ethiopia 3
Togo 3
Tanzania 3
Angola 1
Mali 1
Namibia 1
Nigeria 1
Sudan 1
South Sudan 1
Record pattern: historical
Historical records with no recent record in the covered source. 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.