Red Coffee Snake
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Red Coffee Snake

Ninia sebae

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at La Tigra National Park
3 Verified records at La Tigra National Park
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

Ninia sebae, commonly known as the redback coffee snake or the red coffee snake, is a species of small terrestrial snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southeastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica. Although it resembles some venomous coral snakes in color and size, it is not venomous and rarely bites humans. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at La Tigra National Park

Blunthead Tree Snake
LC

Blunthead Tree Snake

🌙 Nocturnal Reptile

Imantodes cenchoa

Insufficient data
Guatemala Neckband Snake
LC

Guatemala Neckband Snake

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Scaphiodontophis annulatus

Insufficient data
Neotropical Whip Snake

Neotropical Whip Snake

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Masticophis mentovarius

Insufficient data
Variegated False Coral Snake
LC Endemic

Variegated False Coral Snake

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Pliocercus elapoides

Insufficient data
Speckled Racer
LC

Speckled Racer

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Drymobius margaritiferus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Red Coffee Snake at La Tigra National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
40–50%
2 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
40–50%
3 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
4 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
5 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
6 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
7 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
8 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
5–10%
9 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
10 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
11 Cusuco National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
12 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
13 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
Insufficient data
14 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
15 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
16 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
17 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
18 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
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