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 Tortuguero National Park
Green Vine Snake
Oxybelis fulgidus
Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus
Cope's Parrot Snake
Leptophis depressirostris
Köhler’s Vine Snake
Oxybelis koehleri
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinaea decorata
Chicken Snake
Spilotes pullatus
Oliver's Parrot Snake
Leptophis nebulosus
Ornate Cat-eyed Snake
Leptodeira ornata
Orangebelly Swamp Snake
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus
Puffing Snake
Phrynonax poecilonotus
Speckled Racer
Drymobius margaritiferus
Cope's Vine Snake
Oxybelis brevirostris
📅 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 Tortuguero National Park?
About 37% of visitor-days record a Blunthead Tree Snake sighting in Tortuguero National Park, based on 67 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Blunthead Tree Snake in Tortuguero National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Blunthead Tree Snake in Tortuguero National Park in our monthly data.