Dendrophidion paucicarinatum
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Dendrophidion paucicarinatum, commonly known as Cope's forest racer, is a snake of the colubrid family. Cope's forest racers eat frogs. The snake is found in Costa Rica and western Panama between altitudes of 1000 and 1600 meters. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Cope's Forest Racer sighting in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, based on 5 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 58th most-seen of the 63 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.
June–August and December–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Cope's Forest Racer in La Amistad International Park (Panama) on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and September–November, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Cope's Forest Racer sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only La Amistad International Park (Panama), in our data
La Amistad International Park (Panama) is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Cope's Forest Racer sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Colubridae
The closest relatives of the Cope's Forest Racer that you can see in La Amistad International Park (Panama) (family Colubridae, Colubrid Snakes) are Striped Vine Snake (about 10%), Blunthead Tree Snake (about 10%) and South American Milksnake (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Cope's Forest Racer is recorded against all the reptiles logged in La Amistad International Park (Panama) (5 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.
