Imantodes cenchoa

Blunthead Tree Snake or Chunk-Headed Snake

Linnaeus, 1758

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
SubOrder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae

Description

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Distribution

Southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Northern Peru, Trinidad, Tobago, Argentina, and Ecuador.

Habitat & Ecology

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Reproduction

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Conservation

Status: Not Listed, but habitat destruction threatens reptiles worldwide.

Other Comments

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References

Savage, J.M. 2002 The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica University of Chicago Press. 934 pp.
Auth, D.L. 1994 Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Panama, Smithsonian Herptological Information Service. 98.
Villa, J., Wilson, L.D., & J.D. Johnson 1988 Middle American Herpetology. Univ. of Missouri Press, 131 pp.
Frank, N., & E. Ramus 1996 A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. NG Publishing, 337 pp

Other Available References from the EMBL REPTILE DATABASE

Myers-C-W (1982) Blunt-headed vine snakes (Imantodes) in Panama, including a new species and other revisionary notes. AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES (No. 2738): 1-50
SAVAGE, J. M., & SCOTT, NORMAN J. (1987) The Imantodes (Serpentes: Colubridae) of Costa Rica: Two or three species? Rev. Biol. Trop. 33: 107-132.
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. 10th Edition: 204 pp. Oppel, M. 1810 Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 16: 392
Fitzinger,L. (1826) Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften nebst einer Verwandschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. Zoologischen Museums zu Wien. J. G. Heubner, Wien, 66 pp.
DUMÉRIL, ANDRÉ-MARIE-CONSTANT (1853) Prodrome de la classifcation des reptiles ophidiens. Mém. Acad. Sci., Paris, 23: 399-536
Cope,E.D. (1899) Contributions to the herpetology of New Grenada and Argentina, with descriptions of new forms. Philadelphia Mus. Sci. Bull. (1): 1-19
Cope,E.D. (1861) Contributions to the ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. PROC. ACAD. NAT. SCI. PHILADELPHIA 13: 292-306
Cope,E.D. (1894) Amer. Nat. 28: 613, 614
Smith, Hobart (1942) Mexican herpetological miscellany. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92 (3153): 349-395
Esqueda,L.F. & La Marca,E. 1999 New Reptilian species records from the Cordillera de Mérida, Andes of Venezuela. Herp. Rev. 30 (4): 238-240
Gasc,J.-P. & Rodrigues,M.T. (1980) Liste préliminaire des serpents de la Guyane francaise. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (4): 559-598 .

Reference written by Mark Tway, Institute for Tropical Ecology and Conservation
Page last updated 10 January, 2003
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