Imantodes gemmistratus

Imantodes gemmistratus, the Central American tree snake, is a snake species in the colubrid family,^[3] found from Mexico, through Central America and Colombia.^[4]

Imantodes gemmistratus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Imantodes
Species:	I. gemmistratus
Binomial name
Imantodes gemmistratus Cope, 1861[2]
Synonyms
Himantodes gemmistratus Cope, 1861 Dipsas gemmistrata (Cope, 1861) Dipsas cenchoa var. reticulata Müller, 1882 Dipsas gemmistrata var. latistrata Cope, 1887 Dipsas gracillima Günther, 1895 Dipsas splendida Günther, 1895 Imantodes splendidus (Günther, 1895) Imantodes luciodorsus Oliver, 1942 Imantodes splendidus luciodorsus Oliver, 1942 Imantodes splendidus oliveri Smith, 1942

Distribution

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and possibly in Belize.^[4]

Subspecies

I. g. splendidus eating a brown anole.

The following subspecies are recognized:^[4]

• Imantodes gemmistratus gemmistratus (Cope, 1861)
• Imantodes gemmistratus gracillimus (Günther, 1895)
• Imantodes gemmistratus latistratus (Cope, 1887)
• Imantodes gemmistratus luciodorsus Oliver, 1942
• Imantodes gemmistratus oliveri Smith, 1942
• Imantodes gemmistratus reticulatus (Müller, 1882)
• Imantodes gemmistratus splendidus (Günther, 1895)