Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusPhrynonax
- SpeciesPhrynonax poecilonotus (Puffing Snake)
Closest Relatives at Tenorio Volcano National Park
Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
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
Western Tree Snake
Imantodes inornatus
Black Halloween Snake
Pliocercus euryzonus
Degenhardt's Scorpion-eating Snake
Stenorrhina degenhardtii
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea decorata
Cope's Parrot Snake
Leptophis depressirostris
📅 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 Tenorio Volcano National Park?
About 17% of visitor-days record a Puffing Snake sighting in Tenorio Volcano National Park, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Puffing Snake in Tenorio Volcano National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Puffing Snake in Tenorio Volcano National Park in our monthly data.