Dipsas tenuissima
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Dipsas tenuissima, Taylor's snail-eater, is a non-venomous snake found in Panama and Costa Rica. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corcovado National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Taylor's Snail-eater sighting in Corcovado National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 41 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July–September and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Taylor's Snail-eater in Corcovado National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–June and October, the lowest months.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Taylor's Snail-eater sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is mostly seen at night.
Only Corcovado National Park, in our data
Corcovado National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Taylor's Snail-eater sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the Taylor's Snail-eater that you can see in Corcovado National Park (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Ornate Cat-eyed Snake (about 30%), Puffing Snake (about 20%) and Chicken Snake (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Taylor's Snail-eater is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Corcovado National Park (7 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.
