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Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake
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Snakes

Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake

Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishCommon Blunt-headed Tree Snake
Dutch—
SpanishMapepire corde violon
Chinese皮带蛇
Sranan Tongosneki (general name for the group)
Scientific nameImantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyColubridae
GenusImantodes

In Suriname

35Records in Suriname
21iNaturalist observations
1926First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Brokopondo8
  • Sipaliwini4
  • Para2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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