Mexican Burrowing Python
Loxocemus bicolor
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyLoxocemidae (Mexican Burrowing Pythons)
- GenusLoxocemus
- SpeciesLoxocemus bicolor (Mexican Burrowing Python)
📅 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 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mexican Burrowing Python in Santa Rosa National Park?
About 26% of visitor-days record a Mexican Burrowing Python sighting in Santa Rosa National Park, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Mexican Burrowing Python in Santa Rosa National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Mexican Burrowing Python in Santa Rosa National Park in our monthly data.