Blunthead Tree Snake
Imantodes cenchoa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyColubridae (Colúbrids)
- GenusImantodes (Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)
- SpeciesImantodes cenchoa (Blunthead Tree Snake)
Closest Relatives at Chirripó National Park
South American Milksnake
Lampropeltis micropholis
Black-tailed Worm Snake
Geophis talamancae
Fire-bellied Snake
Erythrolamprus epinephalus
Thick Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea calligaster
Cope's Forest Racer
Dendrophidion paucicarinatum
Hoffmann's Earth Snake
Geophis hoffmanni
White-headed snake
Enuliophis sclateri
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea decorata
Dryad Snake
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Cope's Coffee Snake
Ninia psephota
Orange-bellied Glasstail
Urotheca guentheri
Striped Crowned Snake
Tantilla ruficeps
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Blunthead Tree Snake in Chirripó National Park?
About 12% of visitor-days record a Blunthead Tree Snake sighting in Chirripó National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blunthead Tree Snake in Chirripó National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Blunthead Tree Snake in Chirripó National Park in our monthly data.