Fer-de-lance

Fer-de-lance

Bothrops asper

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
50–60% · Likely
overall probability at Piedras Blancas National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

60–70
Jan
50–60
Feb
50–60
Mar
30–40
Apr
20–30
May
40–50
Jun
50–60
Jul
60–70
Aug
40–50
Sep
10–20
Oct
50–60
Nov
40–50
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
50–60%
2 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
50–60%
3 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
40–50%
4 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
40–50%
5 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
40–50%
6 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
7 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
30–40%
8 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
20–30%
9 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
10 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
20–30%
11 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
20–30%
12 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
20–30%
13 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
14 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
15 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
20–30%
16 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
20–30%
17 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
18 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
19 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
20 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
21 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
22 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
23 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
24 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
25 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
0–10%
26 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
27 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
28 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
29 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
30 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
31 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
32 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
33 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
34 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
35 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
36 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Fer-de-lance in Piedras Blancas National Park?

About 50% of visitor-days record a Fer-de-lance sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park, based on 81 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Fer-de-lance in Piedras Blancas National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Fer-de-lance in Piedras Blancas National Park in our monthly data.

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