---
title: "Falsa Mapaná"
description: "Leptodeira ornata — Reptiles. Leptodeira ornata, the northern cat-eyed snake or ornate cat-eyed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/ornate-cat-eyed-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Falsa Mapaná

> Leptodeira ornata — Reptiles. Leptodeira ornata, the northern cat-eyed snake or ornate cat-eyed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Leptodeira ornata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 3337
- iNaturalist taxon: [1250197](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1250197)

## Names

- en: Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
- es: Falsa Mapaná

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1475), CO (634), EC (346), PA (156), NI (3), PE (3)

## Summary

Leptodeira ornata, the northern cat-eyed snake or ornate cat-eyed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.  The species is native to Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptodeira_ornata

## Photo

![Falsa Mapaná](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ornate-cat-eyed-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100616681

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ornate-cat-eyed-snake?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).