Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusSibon (Snail Suckers)
- SpeciesSibon nebulatus (Cloudy Snail-eating Snake)
Sibon nebulatus, commonly known as the cloudy snail-eating snake, is a species of small, slender arboreal snake which is found in southern Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Isla Margarita, and Trinidad and Tobago. Wikipedia →
20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Cloudy Snail-eating Snake sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Tortuguero National Park
Mottled Snail-eater
Sibon longifrenis
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Green Vine Snake
Oxybelis fulgidus
Cope's Parrot Snake
Leptophis depressirostris
Köhler’s Vine Snake
Oxybelis koehleri
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea decorata
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Oliver's Parrot Snake
Leptophis nebulosus
Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
Red Coffee Snake
Ninia sebae
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
Orangebelly Swamp Snake
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Cloudy Snail-eating Snake in Tortuguero National Park?
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Cloudy Snail-eating Snake sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 27 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Cloudy Snail-eating Snake in Tortuguero National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Cloudy Snail-eating Snake in Tortuguero National Park in our monthly data.