Black-necked Centipede Snake
Tantilla armillata
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusTantilla (Centipede Snakes)
- SpeciesTantilla armillata (Black-necked Centipede Snake)
Tantilla armillata is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. The snake is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at La Amistad International Park (Panama)
Black-headed Snake
Tantilla melanocephala
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Striped Vine Snake
Oxybelis vittatus
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
South American Milksnake
Lampropeltis micropholis
Central American Lizard Eater
Mastigodryas alternatus
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Common Mussurana
Clelia clelia
Spotted Coffee Snake
Ninia maculata
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea decorata
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Black-necked Centipede Snake at La Amistad International Park (Panama) — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️🌙 When They're Spotted
Active throughout day and night · 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
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 2 | San Lorenzo Protected Forest | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |