Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusOxyrhopus
- SpeciesOxyrhopus petolarius (Forest Flame Snake)
Closest Relatives at Iguazú National Park
Guibe's Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus guibei
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Lichtenstein's Green Racer
Philodryas olfersii
Aesculapian False Coral Snake
Erythrolamprus aesculapii
Yellow-bellied Liophis
Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus
Pampas Snake
Tomodon dorsatus
Brazilian Slug-eating Snake
Dipsas mikanii
Cobra-d’água
Erythrolamprus macrosomus
Neotropical Snail-eater
Dipsas bucephala
Blind Ground Snake
Erythrolamprus typhlus
📅 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Forest Flame Snake in Iguazú National Park?
About 7% of visitor-days record a Forest Flame Snake sighting in Iguazú National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Forest Flame Snake in Iguazú National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Forest Flame Snake in Iguazú National Park in our monthly data.