Fire-bellied Snake
Erythrolamprus epinephalus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusErythrolamprus (Coral Snake Mimics)
- SpeciesErythrolamprus epinephalus (Fire-bellied Snake)
Closest Relatives at Chirripó National Park
South American Milksnake
Lampropeltis micropholis
Black-tailed Worm Snake
Geophis talamancae
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Thick Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea calligaster
Cope's Forest Racer
Dendrophidion paucicarinatum
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
Striped Crowned Snake
Tantilla ruficeps
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chirripó National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 5 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 6 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Puracé National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 9 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Los Nevados National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Fire-bellied Snake in Chirripó National Park?
About 14% of visitor-days record a Fire-bellied Snake sighting in Chirripó National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Fire-bellied Snake in Chirripó National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Fire-bellied Snake in Chirripó National Park in our monthly data.