Tantilla supracincta
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Tantilla supracincta, the banded centipede snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, and Colombia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Centipede Snake sighting in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 61st most-seen of the 64 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Banded Centipede Snake in Arenal Volcano National Park on a given day, against under 5% in June, August–October and December–April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Banded Centipede Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Arenal Volcano National Park, in our data
Arenal Volcano National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Banded Centipede Snake sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the Banded Centipede Snake that you can see in Arenal Volcano National Park (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Ornate Cat-eyed Snake (about 30%), Cloudy Snail-eating Snake (about 20%) and Blunthead Tree Snake (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Banded Centipede Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Arenal Volcano National Park (5 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
