Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusSibon (Snail Suckers)
- SpeciesSibon nebulatus (Cloudy Snail-eating Snake)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Mottled Snail-eater
Sibon longifrenis
Ringed Snail Sucker
Sibon annulatus
Slender Snail Sucker
Sibon dimidiatus
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Red Coffee Snake
Ninia sebae
Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
Western Tree Snake
Imantodes inornatus
Spotted Coffee Snake
Ninia maculata
Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
Ecuador Sipo
Chironius grandisquamis
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cloudy Snail-eating Snake in Arenal Volcano National Park?
About 27% of visitor-days record a Cloudy Snail-eating Snake sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park, based on 67 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cloudy Snail-eating Snake in Arenal Volcano National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Cloudy Snail-eating Snake in Arenal Volcano National Park in our monthly data.