Mottled Snail-eater
Sibon longifrenis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusSibon (Snail Suckers)
- SpeciesSibon longifrenis (Mottled Snail-eater)
Closest Relatives at Tenorio Volcano National Park
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Ringed Snail Sucker
Sibon annulatus
Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
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
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · 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 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Mottled Snail-eater in Tenorio Volcano National Park?
About 22% of visitor-days record a Mottled Snail-eater sighting in Tenorio Volcano National Park, based on 11 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Mottled Snail-eater in Tenorio Volcano National Park?
June has the highest sighting rate for Mottled Snail-eater in Tenorio Volcano National Park in our monthly data.