Black Spiny-tailed Iguana

Where to see

Black Spiny-tailed Iguana

Ctenosaura similis

Rincón de la Vieja National Park leads · 18 parks ranked by real sighting rates

Parks Ranked

Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black Spiny-tailed Iguana during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)

#ParkCountrySighting
1 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~90%
2 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~90%
3 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~90%
4 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~90%
5 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~90%
6 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~80%
7 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~80%
8 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~80%
9 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~80%
10 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~70%
11 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~70%
12 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~60%
13 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
14 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~50%
15 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
~40%
16 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
17 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
18 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
~40%

Before you go

Which is the best park to see a Black Spiny-tailed Iguana?

Rincón de la Vieja National Park

In Rincón de la Vieja National Park, Costa Rica, about 90% of wildlife watchers report a Black Spiny-tailed Iguana sighting on a given day, the highest of the 18 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see a Black Spiny-tailed Iguana?

It depends on the park

In the top parks, the best months are November to September in Rincón de la Vieja National Park (about 90%) and January–June and August–September in Palo Verde National Park (about 90%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black Spiny-tailed Iguana on a given day. Each park's Black Spiny-tailed Iguana page has the full month-by-month chart.