Anolis cupreus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
Anolis cupreus, the copper anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Copper Anole sighting in Carara National Park on a given day, based on 113 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 29 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Copper Anole in Carara National Park on a given day, against about 20% in July and November, the lowest months. Those are among Carara National Park's driest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against 730 mm in October.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Copper Anole sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Copper Anole sightings, Carara National Park has the highest daily chance: about 40%. Next come Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%).
Same genus: Anolis
The closest relatives of the Copper Anole that you can see in Carara National Park (genus Anolis, Anoles) are Many-scaled Anole (about 30%), Border Anole (about 20%) and Neotropical Green Anole (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Copper Anole is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Carara National Park (113 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.
