“…Snakes experience the most persecution by humans, so the protection of their populations it is very difficult since there is a lot of misperception, poor information and widespread fear in people (Prokop, Özel, & Uşak, 2009;LoBue, Rakison, & DeLoache, 2010;Alemán, DeClerck, Finegan, Casanoves, & García, 2011;Alves et al, 2014;Nonga & Haruna, 2015;Torkar, 2015;Aguilar-López, 2016;Pinheiro, Mota, & Borges-Nojosa, 2016;Landová et al, 2018). In addition, snakes face other threats such as the decline of their natural prey and decrease and fragmentation of their habitat, generating that they search for new territories, food and refuge in house gardens, recreational green areas and even urban habitats or cities, where they increase their encounters with humans and many snakes die for no reason (Alemán et al, 2011;Alves et al, 2014;Nonga & Haruna, 2015;Torkar, 2015;Aguilar-López, 2016;Quesada-Acuña, 2018;Zipkin, DiRenzo, Ray, Rossman, & Lips, 2020). In Costa Rica the same negative perception and ignorance about snakes has been found in the city's inhabitants, even in those with the highest academic level (Solórzano, 2004;Quesada-Acuña, 2019).…”