Where to see
Leptodeira ornata
Piedras Blancas National Park leads · 6 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting an Ornate Cat-eyed Snake during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piedras Blancas National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Piedras Blancas National Park
In Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica, about 40% of wildlife watchers report an Ornate Cat-eyed Snake sighting on a given day, the highest of the 6 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Corcovado National Park and more
After Piedras Blancas National Park, the next-best odds of seeing an Ornate Cat-eyed Snake are in Corcovado National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%), Arenal Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Tenorio Volcano National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are July, September and December–February in Piedras Blancas National Park (about 50%), February and September in Corcovado National Park (about 40%) and April, June and November in Arenal Volcano National Park (about 40%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report an Ornate Cat-eyed Snake on a given day. Each park's Ornate Cat-eyed Snake page has the full month-by-month chart.
