Anolis cupreus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Anolis cupreus, the copper anole, is a species of lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Manuel Antonio National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Copper Anole sighting in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 14th most-seen of the 39 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February–April and August
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Copper Anole in Manuel Antonio National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May and October, the lowest months. Those are among Manuel Antonio National Park's driest months, with about 250 mm of rain a month against 950 mm in October.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Copper Anole sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
7th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Copper Anole sightings, Manuel Antonio National Park ranks 7th at about 20%. The best odds are in Carara National Park (Costa Rica, about 40%), Palo Verde National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 30%).
Same genus: Anolis
The closest relatives of the Copper Anole that you can see in Manuel Antonio National Park (genus Anolis, Anoles) are Many-scaled Anole (about 30%), Border Anole (about 30%) and Neotropical Green Anole (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Copper Anole is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Manuel Antonio National Park (42 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.
