Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusLeptodeira (Cat-eyed Snakes)
- SpeciesLeptodeira ornata (Ornate Cat-eyed Snake)
Closest Relatives at Piedras Blancas National Park
Rhombic Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira rhombifera
Black-banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira rubricata
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Tropical Flat Snake
Siphlophis compressus
South American Forest Racer
Dendrophidion percarinatum
Rough Coffee Snake
Nothopsis rugosus
White-headed snake
Enuliophis sclateri
Banded Centipede Snake
Tantilla supracincta
Köhler’s Vine Snake
Oxybelis koehleri
Western Tree Snake
Imantodes inornatus
📅 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 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 8 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 9 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 12 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 13 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 14 | Marino Ballena National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 15 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 16 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 17 | Machalilla National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 18 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 19 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Ornate Cat-eyed Snake in Piedras Blancas National Park?
About 44% of visitor-days record a Ornate Cat-eyed Snake sighting in Piedras Blancas National Park, based on 59 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Ornate Cat-eyed Snake in Piedras Blancas National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Ornate Cat-eyed Snake in Piedras Blancas National Park in our monthly data.