Cope's Forest Racer
Dendrophidion paucicarinatum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusDendrophidion (Forest Racers)
- SpeciesDendrophidion paucicarinatum (Cope's Forest Racer)
Closest Relatives at Chirripó National Park
South American Forest Racer
Dendrophidion percarinatum
South American Milksnake
Lampropeltis micropholis
Black-tailed Worm Snake
Geophis talamancae
Fire-bellied Snake
Erythrolamprus epinephalus
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Thick Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea calligaster
Hoffmann's Earth Snake
Geophis hoffmanni
White-headed snake
Enuliophis sclateri
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea decorata
Dryad Snake
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Cope's Coffee Snake
Ninia psephota
Orange-bellied Glasstail
Urotheca guentheri
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Cope's Forest Racer at Chirripó National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |