Speckled Racer
Drymobius margaritiferus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusDrymobius (Speckled Racers)
- SpeciesDrymobius margaritiferus (Speckled Racer)
Drymobius margaritiferus, commonly known as the speckled racer, is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake native to the Americas. The specific name, margaritiferus, means "pearl-bearing" in Latin, referring to the pearl-like spots on the dorsal scales. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tortuguero National Park
Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
Green Vine Snake
Oxybelis fulgidus
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
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
Fewer than 5 records of Speckled Racer at Tortuguero National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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