''Imantodes'' is a

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colubrid Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...

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s commonly referred to as blunt-headed vine snakes or blunt-headed tree snakes. The genus consists of seven

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that are native to

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, and the northern part of

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Species

There are currently eight recognized species: *''

Imantodes cenchoa ''Imantodes cenchoa'' (common names: blunthead tree snake, fiddle-string snake, ''mapepire corde violon'') is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to in Mexico, Central America, and S ...

'' – neotropical blunt-headed treesnake, blunthead treesnake, fiddle-string snake *''

Imantodes chocoensis ''Imantodes chocoensis'', the Chocoan blunt-headed vine snake s a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Ecuador and Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South Am ...

'' (''Imantodes chocoensis'', new species). – Chocoan blunt-headed vine snake *''

Imantodes gemmistratus ''Imantodes gemmistratus'', the Central American tree snake, is a snake species in the colubrid family, found from Mexico, through Central America and Colombia. Distribution Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica ...

'' – Central American tree snake *''

Imantodes guane ''Imantodes guane'' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near N ...

'' *''

Imantodes inornatus ''Imantodes inornatus'', the western tree snake, is a species of colubrid snake native to Central America. It can be found from Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is ...

'' - western tree snake *''

Imantodes lentiferus ''Imantodes lentiferus'', commonly known as the Amazon Basin tree snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the ...

'' - Amazon Basin tree snake *''

Imantodes phantasma ''Imantodes phantasma'', the phantasma tree snake is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Panama and Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with ...

'' - phantasma tree snake *''

Imantodes tenuissimus ''Imantodes tenuissimus'', commonly known as the Yucatán blunthead snake, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is th ...

'' – Yucatán blunthead snake ''

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'': A

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Imantodes''.

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* * Imantodes Snake genera Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril {{Dipsadinae-stub

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