Costa Rican Coral Snake
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Costa Rican Coral Snake

Micrurus mosquitensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
13 Verified records at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge
February Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

Micrurus mosquitensis, also known commonly as the mosquito coral snake and la coral misquita in Central American Spanish, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Central America. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Costa Rican Coral Snake sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge

Allen's Coralsnake
LC

Allen's Coralsnake

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Micrurus alleni

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
30–40
Feb
10–20
Mar
20–30
Apr
10–20
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
20–30
Sep
<5
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙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 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
2 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
3 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
4 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
5 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
5–10%
6 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
7 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
8 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
9 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Costa Rican Coral Snake in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?

About 19% of wildlife watchers report a Costa Rican Coral Snake sighting in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge, based on 13 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Costa Rican Coral Snake in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge?

February has the highest sighting rate for Costa Rican Coral Snake in Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge in our monthly data.

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