Imantodes
Genus of snakes
Imantodes is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly referred to as blunt-headed vine snakes or blunt-headed tree snakes. The genus consists of seven species that are native to Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America.
01Species
There are currently eight recognized species:
- Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758), neotropical blunt-headed treesnake, blunthead treesnake, fiddle-string snake
- Imantodes chocoensis Torres-Carvajal et al., 2012, Chocoan blunt-headed vine snake
- Imantodes gemmistratus (Cope, 1861), Central American tree snake
- Imantodes guane Missassi & Prudente, 2015
- Imantodes inornatus (Boulenger, 1896) - western tree snake
- Imantodes lentiferus (Cope, 1894) - Amazon Basin tree snake
- Imantodes phantasma C. Myers, 1982 - phantasma tree snake
- Imantodes tenuissimus Cope, 1867, Yucatán blunthead snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Imantodes.
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