Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusOxyrhopus
- SpeciesOxyrhopus petolarius (Forest Flame Snake)
Closest Relatives at Manu National Park
Tschudi's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus melanogenys
Erdis' False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus erdisii
Northern Calico Snake
Oxyrhopus occipitalis
Formosa False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus formosus
Boulenger's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus marcapatae
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Catesby's Snail-eater
Dipsas catesbyi
Northern Woodland Racer
Drymoluber dichrous
Brown Sipo
Chironius fuscus
Banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira annulata
Amazon Puffing Snake
Spilotes sulphureus
Common Mussurana
Clelia clelia
📅 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 Manu National Park?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Forest Flame Snake sighting in Manu National Park, based on 17 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Forest Flame Snake in Manu National Park?
October has the highest sighting rate for Forest Flame Snake in Manu National Park in our monthly data.