Anolis cupreus
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In 3 days ~60% 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 |
No species of the same family or order lives in Ostional Wildlife Refuge, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Copper Anole sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 15 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 20 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November and December
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Copper Anole in Ostional Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against under 5% in January–February, June and August–October, the lowest months.
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.
6th of 8
Of the 8 parks where we can rate Copper Anole sightings, Ostional Wildlife Refuge ranks 6th 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%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Copper Anole is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (15 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.
