Ecuador Sipo
Chironius grandisquamis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusChironius (Sipos)
- SpeciesChironius grandisquamis (Ecuador Sipo)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Linnaeus' Sipo
Chironius exoletus
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Red Coffee Snake
Ninia sebae
Mottled Snail-eater
Sibon longifrenis
Ringed Snail Sucker
Sibon annulatus
Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
Western Tree Snake
Imantodes inornatus
Spotted Coffee Snake
Ninia maculata
Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 7 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Ecuador Sipo in Arenal Volcano National Park?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Ecuador Sipo sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park, based on 16 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Ecuador Sipo in Arenal Volcano National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Ecuador Sipo in Arenal Volcano National Park in our monthly data.