Imantodes

Imantodes
Imantodes cenchoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Imantodes
A.M.C. Duméril, 1853

Imantodes is a genus of snakes, commonly referred to as blunt-headed tree snakes or blunt-headed vine snakes, in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus consists of eight species that are native to Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America.

Species

The following eight species are recognized as being valid.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Imantodes.

References

  1. 1 2 "Imantodes ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Genus Imantodes at The Reptile Database
  3. ↑ Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Yánez-Múñoz, Mario H.; Quirola, Diego; Smith, Eric N.; Almendáriz, Ana (2012). "A new species of blunt-headed vine snake (Colubridae, Imantodes) from the Chocó region of Ecuador". ZooKeys. 244: 91–110. Bibcode:2012ZooK..244...91T. doi:10.3897/zookeys.244.3950. PMC 3520105. PMID 23275746. (Imantodes chocoensis, new species).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Genus "Himantodes [sic]", p. 83).
  • Duméril [AMC] (1853). "Prodrome de la classification des reptiles ophidiens ". Mémoires de l'Académie des sciences, Paris 23: 399–536. (Imantodes, new genus, p. 507). (in French).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Imantodes, pp. 49, 67, 68, 71, 100).
  • Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Imantodes, pp. 324–325, Figure "16-17").