Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusPhrynonax
- SpeciesPhrynonax poecilonotus (Puffing Snake)
Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
Köhler’s Vine Snake
Oxybelis koehleri
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea decorata
American Snail-eater
Dipsas articulata
Yellowbelly Snake
Coniophanes fissidens
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Cope's Parrot Snake
Leptophis depressirostris
Western Tree Snake
Imantodes inornatus
Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
Ringed Snail Sucker
Sibon annulatus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Puffing Snake at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ 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