Costa Rican Coral Snake

Costa Rican Coral Snake

Micrurus mosquitensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Arenal Volcano National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
20–30
Mar
10–20
Apr
30–40
May
20–30
Jun
10–20
Jul
20–30
Aug
<5
Sep
10–20
Oct
20–30
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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

# Park Country Probability
1 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
2 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
3 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
4 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
5 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
6 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
0–10%
7 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
8 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
9 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Costa Rican Coral Snake in Arenal Volcano National Park?

About 20% of visitor-days record a Costa Rican Coral Snake sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park, based on 41 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Costa Rican Coral Snake in Arenal Volcano National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Costa Rican Coral Snake in Arenal Volcano National Park in our monthly data.

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