Imantodes
| Imantodes | |
|---|---|
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| Imantodes cenchoa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Imantodes Duméril, 1853 |
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.[1]
Species
There are currently seven recognized species:[1]
- Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758) – Blunt-headed treesnake, blunthead treesnake, fiddle-string snake, culebra-cordelilla chata
- Imantodes chocoensis Torres-Carvajal et al., 2012[2] – Chocoan blunt-headed vine snake
- Imantodes gemmistratus (Cope, 1861) – Culebra-cordelilla centroamericana
- Imantodes inornatus (Boulenger, 1896) - Plain tree snake, speckled blunt-headed tree snake, western tree snake, yellow blunt-headed tree snake, Bejuquillo.
- Imantodes lentiferus (Cope, 1894)
- Imantodes phantasma Myers, 1982 - Blunt-headed vine snake, phantasma tree snake
- Imantodes tenuissimus Cope, 1867 – Culebra-cordelilla yucateca
References
- 1 2 "Imantodes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ↑ Torres-Carvajal; et al. (2012). "A new species of blunt-headed vine snake (Colubridae, Imantodes) from the Chocó region of Ecuador". ZooKeys 244: 91–110. doi:10.3897/zookeys.244.3950.
- Duméril, (1853) Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens. Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, Paris, vol. 23, pp. 399-536.
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