Oedipina uniformis
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
Oedipina uniformis is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is found in the mountains and lowlands of central Costa Rica up to the Panamian border, and is likely to occur in Panama. Oedipina uniformis inhabits humid premontane and lower montane forests where it lives in leaf-litter, under decaying logs, and in moss banks. It can, however, withstand significant habitat modification, and has also been found in pastures, gardens and even cities.
It is generally not threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
No species of the same family or order lives in San José, so these are its closest relatives here: other amphibians.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Worm Salamander sighting in San José on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 8 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April–August and October–November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Common Worm Salamander in San José on a given day, against under 5% in September and December–March, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Common Worm Salamander sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Common Worm Salamander sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Common Worm Salamander is recorded against all the amphibians logged in San José (20 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.
