Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusLeptodeira (Cat-eyed Snakes)
- SpeciesLeptodeira ornata (Ornate Cat-eyed Snake)
Closest Relatives at Carara National Park
Rhombic Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira rhombifera
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Pacific Longtail Snake
Enulius flavitorques
Yellowbelly Snake
Coniophanes fissidens
South American Forest Racer
Dendrophidion percarinatum
Köhler’s Vine Snake
Oxybelis koehleri
Mexican Parrot Snake
Leptophis mexicanus
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Central American Lyresnake
Trimorphodon quadruplex
Road Guarder
Conophis lineatus
Hoffmann's Earth Snake
Geophis hoffmanni
False Fer-de-lance
Xenodon rabdocephalus
📅 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 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 18 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Ornate Cat-eyed Snake in Carara National Park?
About 16% of visitor-days record a Ornate Cat-eyed Snake sighting in Carara National Park, based on 14 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Ornate Cat-eyed Snake in Carara National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Ornate Cat-eyed Snake in Carara National Park in our monthly data.