Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusPhrynonax
- SpeciesPhrynonax poecilonotus (Puffing Snake)
Closest Relatives at Rincón de la Vieja National Park
Black-banded Snake
Scolecophis atrocinctus
Köhler’s Vine Snake
Oxybelis koehleri
Green Rat Snake
Senticolis triaspis
Dryad Snake
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Lower-montane Green Racer
Drymobius melanotropis
Double-banded Coral Snake Mimic
Erythrolamprus bizona
Central American Tree Snake
Imantodes gemmistratus
Green Vine Snake
Oxybelis fulgidus
Central American Lyresnake
Trimorphodon quadruplex
Central American Indigo Snake
Drymarchon melanurus
Sooty Black-striped Snake
Coniophanes piceivittis
Common Mussurana
Clelia clelia
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Puffing Snake in Rincón de la Vieja National Park?
About 23% of visitor-days record a Puffing Snake sighting in Rincón de la Vieja National Park, based on 6 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Puffing Snake in Rincón de la Vieja National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Puffing Snake in Rincón de la Vieja National Park in our monthly data.