Imantodes

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]

Imantodes
Imantodes cenchoa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Imantodes A.M.C. Duméril, 1853

Species

There are currently eight recognized species:^[1][2]

• Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758) – neotropical blunt-headed treesnake, blunthead treesnake, fiddle-string snake
• Imantodes chocoensis Torres-Carvajal et al., 2012^[3] – 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.