Guanacaste Skink

Closest Relatives at Santa Rosa National Park

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	Santa Rosa National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
2	Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
3	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
4	Ostional Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
5	Masaya Volcano National Park	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	Insufficient data
6	Rincón de la Vieja National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Guanacaste Skink in Santa Rosa National Park?

About 16% of visitor-days record a Guanacaste Skink sighting in Santa Rosa National Park, based on 18 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Guanacaste Skink in Santa Rosa National Park?

November has the highest sighting rate for Guanacaste Skink in Santa Rosa National Park in our monthly data.