Ninia maculata
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Ninia maculata, the Pacific banded coffee snake or spotted coffee snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Coffee Snake sighting in San José on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 24 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May, July and December
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Coffee Snake in San José on a given day, against under 5% in January, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Coffee Snake sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only San José, in our data
San José is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Coffee Snake sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the Spotted Coffee Snake that you can see in San José (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Hoffmann's Earth Snake (about 10%), Green Rat Snake (about 10%) and Rhombic Cat-eyed Snake (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Coffee Snake is recorded against all the reptiles logged in San José (34 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.
