Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusOxyrhopus
- SpeciesOxyrhopus petolarius (Forest Flame Snake)
Closest Relatives at Henri Pittier National Park
Braided Groundsnake
Erythrolamprus zweifeli
Boddaert's Tropical Racer
Mastigodryas boddaerti
Spix's Sipo
Chironius spixii
Hallowell's Coffee Snake
Ninia atrata
Double-banded Coral Snake Mimic
Erythrolamprus bizona
Rutherford's Vine Snake
Oxybelis rutherfordi
Mastigodryas pleei
Mastigodryas pleii
Venezuelan Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ashmeadii
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Forest Flame Snake at Henri Pittier National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 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