Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusPhrynonax
- SpeciesPhrynonax poecilonotus (Puffing Snake)
Closest Relatives at Parque Natural Metropolitano
Striped Vine Snake
Oxybelis vittatus
Werner's Sipo
Chironius flavopictus
Rhombic Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira rhombifera
Pacific Longtail Snake
Enulius flavitorques
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Central American Lizard Eater
Mastigodryas alternatus
South American Forest Racer
Dendrophidion percarinatum
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Panama Spotted Night Snake
Siphlophis cervinus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Puffing Snake at Parque Natural Metropolitano — 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