Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusImantodes (Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)
- SpeciesImantodes cenchoa (Blunthead Tree Snake)
Imantodes cenchoa, also known commonly as the blunthead tree snake, the neotropical blunt-headed tree snake, and the fiddle-string snake, is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park
Linnaeus' Sipo
Chironius exoletus
Fire-bellied Snake
Erythrolamprus epinephalus
Hoffmann's Earth Snake
Geophis hoffmanni
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
South American Milksnake
Lampropeltis micropholis
Köhler’s Vine Snake
Oxybelis koehleri
Ringed Snail Sucker
Sibon annulatus
Cope's Parrot Snake
Leptophis depressirostris
Dryad Snake
Mastigodryas melanolomus
American Snail-eater
Dipsas articulata
Spotted Coffee Snake
Ninia maculata
Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blunthead Tree Snake at Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there