Striped Vine Snake

Striped Vine Snake

Oxybelis vittatus

Silhouette: Alex Slavenko · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Panama City

In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%

8 Verified sightings at Panama City
102 In all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
July Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Striped Vine Snake

Oxybelis vittatus is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found in Panama. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
2 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~20%
3 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
4 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
5 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Striped Vine Snake in Panama City?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Vine Snake sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 18th most-seen of the 24 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Striped Vine Snake in Panama City?

February, May, July–August and October–November

In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Striped Vine Snake in Panama City on a given day, against under 5% in March–April, June, September and December–January, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Striped Vine Snake?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Striped Vine Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Striped Vine Snake?

Only Panama City, in our data

Panama City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Striped Vine Snake sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Striped Vine Snake sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Striped Vine Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Panama City (8 verified sightings), 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.

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