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World Snake Day

Lincoln Park Zoo schedules World Snake Day on 16 July 2026, and India’s National Zoological Park has documented its own 16 July World Snake Day observance through the Press Information Bureau.

Date / rule16 July in cited 2026 and government-zoo observances
ScopeSnake awareness, education and conservation observance
VerificationGovernment Zoo Plus Public Zoo
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is World Snake Day?

Lincoln Park Zoo schedules World Snake Day on 16 July 2026, and India’s National Zoological Park has documented its own 16 July World Snake Day observance through the Press Information Bureau.

Date and recurrence

16 July in cited 2026 and government-zoo observances

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Snake awareness, education and conservation observance. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Animals, Nature & Environment →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Lincoln Park Zoo — World Snake Day 2026Public Zoo
  2. Government of India PIB — World Snake Day at National Zoological ParkGovernment
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is World Snake Day?

16 July in cited 2026 and government-zoo observances The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 16 July in cited 2026 and government-zoo observances.

Does World Snake Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is World Snake Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Snake awareness, education and conservation observance. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes World Snake Day?

The stored designation basis is: Lincoln Park Zoo schedules World Snake Day on 16 July 2026, and India’s National Zoological Park has documented its own 16 July World Snake Day observance through the Press Information Bureau.. Supporting provenance includes Lincoln Park Zoo — World Snake Day 2026. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is World Snake Day international or country-specific?

No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Snake awareness, education and conservation observance. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.

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