Esmarald Racer
Drymobius rhombifer
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusDrymobius (Speckled Racers)
- SpeciesDrymobius rhombifer (Esmarald Racer)
Closest Relatives at Manu National Park
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Tschudi's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus melanogenys
Catesby's Snail-eater
Dipsas catesbyi
Northern Woodland Racer
Drymoluber dichrous
Brown Sipo
Chironius fuscus
Banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira annulata
Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
Amazon Puffing Snake
Spilotes sulphureus
Common Mussurana
Clelia clelia
Pseustes sexcarinatus
Chironius quadricarinatus
Amazon False Fer-de-lance
Xenodon severus
Neotropical Snail-eater
Dipsas indica
📅 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 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 2 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 3 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 4 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Esmarald Racer in Manu National Park?
About 8% of visitor-days record a Esmarald Racer sighting in Manu National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Esmarald Racer in Manu National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Esmarald Racer in Manu National Park in our monthly data.