Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusOxybelis (Vine Snakes)
- SpeciesOxybelis brevirostris (Cope's Vine Snake)
Closest Relatives at Tenorio Volcano National Park
Köhler’s Vine Snake
Oxybelis koehleri
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
Mottled Snail-eater
Sibon longifrenis
Red Coffee Snake
Ninia sebae
Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Western Tree Snake
Imantodes inornatus
Black Halloween Snake
Pliocercus euryzonus
Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake
Stenorrhina degenhardtii
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea decorata
📅 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 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 6 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Cahuita National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 9 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Farallones de Cali National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 11 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 12 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cope's Vine Snake in Tenorio Volcano National Park?
About 51% of visitor-days record a Cope's Vine Snake sighting in Tenorio Volcano National Park, based on 60 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Cope's Vine Snake in Tenorio Volcano National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Cope's Vine Snake in Tenorio Volcano National Park in our monthly data.