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Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Imantodes cenchoa

5,065 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 126, February 105, March 138, April 83, May 85, June 76, July 50, August 63, September 41, October 52, November 102, December 82.
Costa Rica1,003
Ecuador303
Provincia Puntarenas302
Peru261
Colombia258
Provincia Limón233
Provincia Heredia218
Mexico163
Provincia Alajuela161
Panama133

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusBlunt-headed Tree Snakes · Imantodes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.