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 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Green Rat Snake
Senticolis triaspis
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Double-banded Coral Snake Mimic
Erythrolamprus bizona
South American Milksnake
Lampropeltis micropholis
Linnaeus' Sipo
Chironius exoletus
Spotted Coffee Snake
Ninia maculata
Green Vine Snake
Oxybelis fulgidus
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Dryad Snake
Mastigodryas melanolomus
Hoffmann's Earth Snake
Geophis hoffmanni
Common Mussurana
Clelia clelia
📅 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 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
About 10% of visitor-days record a Blunthead Tree Snake sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 15 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blunthead Tree Snake in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
November has the highest sighting rate for Blunthead Tree Snake in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.