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 Anavilhanas National Park
Green Vine Snake
Oxybelis fulgidus
Brown Sipo
Chironius fuscus
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Mastigodryas moratoi
Mastigodryas moratoi
Wagler's Sipo
Chironius scurrulus
Royal Ground Snake
Erythrolamprus reginae
Blind Ground Snake
Erythrolamprus typhlus
Mountain Keelback
Helicops angulatus
False Water Cobra
Hydrodynastes gigas
False Coral Snake
Hydrops martii
Banded Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira annulata
Giant Parrot Snake
Leptophis ahaetulla
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Blunthead Tree Snake at Anavilhanas 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