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Taxonomy of the genus Imantodes Biodiversity of the family Colubridae

Bibliography of the genus
Imantodes (American Blunt-headed Tree Snakes)

(Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Imantodes in general

Cope, E.D. 1894. On the species of Himantodes, D. & B. American Naturalist 28: 612-614.

Henderson, R.W.; Nickerson, M.A. 1976. Observations on the behavioral ecology of three species of Imantodes (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 10(3): 205-210.

Hoser, R.T. 2012. A review of the South American snake genera Leptodeira and Imantodes including three new genera and two new subgenera (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Imantodini). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 12: 40-47.

Mulcahy, D.G.; Beckstead, T.H.; Sites, J.W. 2011. Molecular systematics of the Leptodeirini (Colubroidea: Dipsadidae) revisited: species-tree analyses and multi-locus data. Copeia 2011(3): 407-417.

Myers, C.W. 2011. A new genus and new tribe for Enicognathus melanauchen Jan, 1863, a neglected South American snake (Colubridae: Xenodontinae), with taxonomic notes on some Dipsadinae. American Museum Novitates 3715: 1-33.

Savage, J.M.; Scott, N.J. 1985. The Imantodes (Serpentes: Colubridae) of Costa Rica: two or three species? Revista de Biologia Tropical 33(2): 107-132.

Zweifel, R.G. 1959. Snakes of the genus Imantodes in western Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1961: 1-18.

Imantodes cenchoa

Albuquerque, N.R. de; D'Agostini, F.M. 2000. Analise comparativa do cranio de Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus 1758) e I. lentiferus (cope 1894) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Zoologia) 16(2): 135-151.

Alemán, C. 1953. Contribution al estudio de los reptiles y batracios de la Sierra de Perija. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 13(35): Unpaginated.

Aveiro Lins, G.; Rocha-Barbosa, O.; Salomao, M. da G.; Puorto, G.; Castro Loguercio, M.F. de 2006. Topographical anatomy of the blunthead treesnake, Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Colubridae: Xenodontinae). International Journal of Morphology 24(1): 43-48.

Bérnils, R.S.; Abrahão Morato, S.A.; Moura-Leite, J.C. de 2000. Geographic distribution: Imantodes cenchoa (Blunthead Tree Snake). Brazil: Santa Catarina. Herpetological Review 31(1): 55-56.

Caldeira Costa, H.; Barros, A.B.; Ruiz-Sueiro, L.; Neves Feio, R. 2010. The blunt-headed vine snake, Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758), in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Biotemas 23(4): 173-176.

Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2006. Notes on the distribution and natural history of the bluntheaded Vine Snake, Imantodes cenchoa, in Ecuador. Herpetological Bulletin 97: 4-6.

Clause, J.K.; Clause, A.G. 2016. Natural history notes: Imantodes cenchoa (Blunt-headed Tree Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(2): 312-313.

Cope, E.D. 1899. Contributions to the herpetology of New Granada and Argentina. Bull. Philad. Mus. 1: 3-22.

Doan, T.M.; Arizabal Arriaga, W. 1999. Natural history notes: Imantodes cenchoa (Chuck-headed Toad Snake). Aggregation. Herpetological Review 30(2): 102.

Dunn, E.R. 1947. Snakes of the Lérida Farm (Chiriqui Volcano, western Panamá). Copeia 1947: 153-157.

Eversole, C.B.; Powell, R.L.; Crocker, A.V.; Lizarro, D. 2018. Natural history notes: Imantodes cenchoa (Blunt-headed Treesnake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 49(2): 343.

Fouquette, M.J.; Rossman, D.A. 1963. Noteworthy records of Mexican amphibians and reptiles in the Florida State Museum and the Texas Natural History Collection. Herpetologica 19: 185-201.

Fukada, H. 1964. A small collection of snakes of the Kyoto University Expedition to the Upper Amazon. Bull. Kyoto Gakugei Univ. Ser. B 23: 19-26.

García-Padilla, E.; Luna-Alcan-Tara, H. 2011. Natural history notes: Imantodes cenchoa (Blunt-headed Treesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 42(1): 99-102.

Giovanetto, L.A.; Sequeira, D.; Prosen, E.; Mantilla, W.; Bolanos, S.; Ellis, A.; Samuel, C. 2018. Natural history notes: Clelia scytalina (Highland Mussarana, Mexican Snake Eater). Diet. Herpetological Review 49(1): 125-126.

Goldberg, S.R. 2009. Notes on reproduction of Imantodes cenchoa, Imantodes gemmistratus and Imantodes inornatus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Costa Rica. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 44(5): 76-77.

Gutierrez-Cardenas, P.D.; Arredondo-S., J.C. 2005. Natural history notes: Imantodes cenchoa (Chunk-headed Snake, Bejuquilla). Diet. Herpetological Review 36(3): 324.

Köhler, G. 1998. Further additions to the known herpetofauna of Isla de Utila (Islas de la Bahia, Honduras) with notes on other species and a key to the amphibians and reptiles of the island (Amphibia, Reptilia). Senckenbergiana Biologica 77(2): 139-145.

Kunz, T.S.; Ghizoni-Junior, I.R. 2009. Serpentes encontradas mortas em rodovias do estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil. Biotemas 22(2): 91-103.

Langebartel, D.A.; Smith, P.W. 1959. Noteworthy records of amphibians and reptiles from eastern Mexico. Herpetologica 15: 27-29.

Lazcano, D.; Kardon, A.; Recchio, I.; Rodriguez, C. 2008. Natural history notes: Sceloporus olivaceus (Texas Spiny Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 39(1): 94.

Manzani, P.R.; Cardoso, A.J. 1997. Natural history notes: Imantodes cenchoa (Chunk-headed Snake). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 28(3): 154.

Marques, O.A.V. 1996. Geographic distribution: Imantodes cenchoa (Blunt-headed Tree Snake, Dormideira). Herpetological Review 27(1): 34.

Marques, R.; Tinoco, M.S.; Rödder, D.; Browne-Ribeiro, H.C. 2013. Distribution extension of Thamnodynastes pallidus and new records within the distribution of Erythrolamprus reginae, Imantodes cenchoa and Siphlophis compressus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) for the north coast of Bahia, Brazil. Herpetology Notes 6: 529-532.

Minton, S.A.; Smith, H.M. 1960. A new subspecies of Coniophanes fissidens and notes on Central American amphibians and reptiles. Herpetologica 16: 103-111.

Núñez Escalante, R.; Barrio-Amorós, C. 2015. Nature notes: Imantodes cenchoa. Coloration. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(3): 349.

Ray, J.M. 2012. Bridging the gap: interspecific differences in cantilevering ability in a neotropical arboreal snake assemblage. South American Journal of Herpetology 7(2): 35-40.

Ray, J.M.; Hein, A.; González, A.; Goetz, S.; Miller, M. 2011. Natural history notes: Imantodes cenchoa (Blunt-headed Treesnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 42(1): 100.

Ray, J.M.; Hein, A.; González, A.; Goetz, S.; Miller, M. 2011. Natural history notes: Imantodes cenchoa (Brown Blunt-nosed Vinesnake). Maximum size. Herpetological Review 42(4): 614-615.

Rocha-Barbosa, O.; Moraes e Silva, R.B. 2009. Analysis of the microstructure of Xenodontinae snake scales associated with different habitat occupation strategies. Brazilian Journal of Biology 69(3): 919-923.

Rojas-Morales, J.A.; Arias-Monsalve, H.F.; Mendoza-Mendoza, I. 2014. Geographical distribution of Imantodes cenchoa (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) in Colombia: filling gaps for the montane cloud forests of northern South America. Herpetotropicos 10(1-2): 9-16.

Santos Costa, M.C. dos; Prudente, A.L.C. 2005. Natural history notes: Imantodes cenchoa (Chunk-headed Snake). Mating. Herpetological Review 36(3): 324.

Scott, N.J. 1983. Imantodes cenchoa (bejuquilla, chuck-headed snake). pp. 402. In: Janzen, D.H. (ed.). Costa Rican natural history. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. 816 pp.

Shreve, B. 1947. On Venezuelan reptiles and amphibians collected by Dr. G. Kugler. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 99(5): 517-537.

Smith, H.M. 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. 1. Six new species and subspecies of Sceloporus with a redefinition of the formosus group. 2. A new horned lizard from Durango. 3. A tentative arrangement and key to Mexican Gerrhonotus, with the description of a new race. 4. An unnamed Celestus from Mexico, with a key to the mainland species of the genus. 5. New xantusid lizards. 6. The Mexican subspecies of Drymobius margaritiferous. 7. Notes on Mexican Imantodes. 8. Two new snakes of the genus Clelia. 9. Additi Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92: 349-395.

Smith, H.M.; Ramirez-Bautista, A.; Chiszar, D. 1995. The nomenclatural status of Müller's two varietal names of Dipsas cenchoa (Reptilia: Serpentes). Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 31(4): 198-203.

Solís, J.M.; Valle, R.E.; Herrera, L.A.; O’Reilly, C.M.; Downing, R. 2015. Distribution notes: Range extensions and new departmental records for amphibians and reptiles in Honduras. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(4): 557-561.

Sousa, K.R.M. de; Prudente, A.L.C.; Maschio, G.F. 2014. Reproduction and diet of Imantodes cenchoa (Dipsadidae: Dipsadinae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Zoologia 31(1): 8-19.

Sousa, K.R.M. de; Prudente, A.L.C.; Maschio, G.F. 2014. Reproduction and diet of Imantodes cenchoa (Dipsadidae: Dipsadinae) from the Brazilian Amazon Zoologia (Curitiba) 31(1): 8-19.

Truitt, J.O. 1963. Imantodes cenchoa, the blunt-headed tree snake. Bulletin of the Philadelphia Herpetological Society 10(4) [1962]: Unpaginated.

Werner, F. 1901. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Peru und Bolivien. Abh. Mus. Dresden 9(2): 14 pp.

Young, A.M. 1982. Lizard eggs and a snake (Imantodes) occupy 'artificial bromeliads' in Costa Rican cacao plantations. Brenesia 19-20: 393-396.

Zug, G.R.; Hedges, S.B.; Sunkel, S. 1979. Variation in reproduction parameters of three Neotropical snakes, Coniophanes fissidens, Dipsas catesbyi and Imantodes cenchoa. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 300: 1-20.

Imantodes chocoensis

Jaramillo-Martínez, A.F.; Valencia-Zuleta, A.; Castro-Herrera, F. 2013. Imantodes chocoensis Torres-Carvajal, Yanez-Munoz, Quirola, Smith, and Almendariz, 2012 (Squamata: Dipsadidae): First records from Colombia. Check List 9(5): 1070-1071.

Torres-Carvajal, O.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.H.; Quirola, D.; Smith, E.N.; Almendáriz, A. 2012. A new species of blunt-headed vine snake (Colubridae, Imantodes) from the Chocó region of Ecuador. ZooKeys 244: 91–110.

Imantodes gemmistratus

Bañuelos-Alamillo, J.A.; Trujillo-de la Torre, I.Y.; Quintero-Díaz, G.E.; Carbajal-Márquez, R.A. 2017. The Central American tree snake, Imantodes gemmistratus (Cope, 1861) (Squamata: Dipsadinae): a new record for Zacatecas, Mexico. Check List 13(3)(Article 2115): 1-9.

Belz, F. 1960. Die Baumschlange Himantodes gracillimus Cope. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 14: 22-23.

Bonine, K.E.; Enderson, E.F.; Bezy, R.L. 2006. Geographic distribution: Imantodes gemmistratus (Central American Tree Snake). Herpetological Review 37(3): 363.

Charruau, P.; Morales-Garduza, M.A.; Reyes-Trinidad, J.G.; Ramírez-Pérez, M.A. 2015. Geographic distribution: Imantodes gemmistratus (Central American Tree Snake). Herpetological Review 46(1): 62.

Conant, R. 1965. Miscellaneous notes and comments on toads, lizards, and snakes from Mexico. American Museum Novitates 2205: 1-38.

Cope, E.D. 1899. Contributions to the herpetology of New Granada and Argentina. Bull. Philad. Mus. 1: 3-22.

Goldberg, S.R. 2009. Notes on reproduction of Imantodes cenchoa, Imantodes gemmistratus and Imantodes inornatus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Costa Rica. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 44(5): 76-77.

Hensley, M.M.; Lannom, J.R. 1966. Noteworthy snake records for the Mexican states of Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit. Herpetologica 22: 231-235.

Loc-Barragán, J.A.; González-Olvera, E.J. 2017. Distribution notes: Imantodes gemmistratus (Cope, 1861). Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(2): 469-471.

Mata-Silva, V.; García-Padilla, E.; Desantis, D.L.; Rocha, A.; Wilson, L.D.; Simón-Salvador, P.R.; Mayoral-Halla, C.; Montiel-Altamirano, B.F.; Ramírez-Bautista, A. 2017. Distribution notes: New herpetofaunal distribution records for the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(3): 679-683.

Oliver, J.A. 1942. A new snake of the genus Imantodes from Mexico. Copeia 1942(1): 1-2.

Padilla Garcia, U.; Mendoza-Quijano, F. 1996. Geographic distribution: Imantodes gemmistratus (Central American Tree Snake). Herpetological Review 27(4): 213.

Ponce Campos, P.; Huerta Ortega, S.M. 1998. Geographic distribution: Imantodes gracillimus (Slender Blunthead Tree Snake). Herpetological Review 29(3): 177.

Reese, R.W. 1971. Notes on a small herpetological collection from northeastern Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 5: 67-69.

Santos-Bibiano, R.; Palacios-Aguilar, R. 2016. Geographic distribution: Imantodes gemmistratus (Central American Tree Snake). Herpetological Review 47(3): 426.

Smith, H.M. 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. 1. Six new species and subspecies of Sceloporus with a redefinition of the formosus group. 2. A new horned lizard from Durango. 3. A tentative arrangement and key to Mexican Gerrhonotus, with the description of a new race. 4. An unnamed Celestus from Mexico, with a key to the mainland species of the genus. 5. New xantusid lizards. 6. The Mexican subspecies of Drymobius margaritiferous. 7. Notes on Mexican Imantodes. 8. Two new snakes of the genus Clelia. 9. Additi Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92: 349-395.

Smith, H.M.; Brandon, R.A. 1968. Data nova herpetologica mexicana. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 71: 49-61.

Smith, H.M.; Lemos-Espinal, J.A. 2006. Geographic distribution: Imantodes gemmistratus latistratus (Red Bluntheaded Tree Snake). Herpetological Review 37(1): 109.

Sunyer, J.; Fonseca, J.G.M.; Maynor, A.F.; Olivas Milton, F.U.; Obando, L.A. 2014. Noteworthy snake records from Nicaragua (Reptilia: Serpentes). Check List 10(5): 1134-1147.

Terán-Juárez, S.A.; Alfaro-Reyna, T.; Cámara-Castillo, R.G.; Tun-Xis, M.A. 2013. Geographic distribution: Imantodes gemmistratus (Central American Tree Snake). Herpetological Review 44(4): 629.

Werner, F. 1901. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Peru und Bolivien. Abh. Mus. Dresden 9(2): 14 pp.

Zweifel, R.G. 1959. The provenance of reptiles and amphibians collected in western Mexico by J.J. Major. American Museum Novitates 1949: 1-9.

Imantodes guane

Missassi, A.F.R.; Prudente, A.L.C. 2015. A new species of Imantodes Duméril, 1853 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia. Zootaxa 3980(4): 562–574.

Imantodes inornatus

Goldberg, S.R. 2009. Notes on reproduction of Imantodes cenchoa, Imantodes gemmistratus and Imantodes inornatus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Costa Rica. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 44(5): 76-77.

Peters, J.A. 1963. Taxonomic notes on Ecuadorian snakes. Beiträge zur Neotropischen Fauna 3(1): 57-67.

Ray, J.M. 2012. Bridging the gap: interspecific differences in cantilevering ability in a neotropical arboreal snake assemblage. South American Journal of Herpetology 7(2): 35-40.

Wilson, L.D.; Porras, L.; McCranie, J.R. 1986. Distribution and taxonomic comments on some members of the Honduran herpetofauna. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 66: 1-18.

Wilson, L.D.; Porras, L.; McCranie, J.R. 1986. Distributional and taxonomic comments on some members of the Honduran herpetofauna. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 66: 1-18.

Imantodes lentiferus

Albuquerque, N.R. de; D'Agostini, F.M. 2000. Analise comparativa do cranio de Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus 1758) e I. lentiferus (cope 1894) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi (Zoologia) 16(2): 135-151.

Ascenso, A.C.; Missassi, A.F.R. 2015. Geographic distribution: Imantodes lentiferus (Blunt-headed Tree Snake). Herpetological Review 46(3): 386.

Frota, J.G. da; Missassi, A.F.R.; Santos-Costa, M.C. dos; Prudente, A.L.C. 2015. New records of Imantodes lentiferus (Cope, 1894) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from the states of Pará and Mato Grosso, Brazil. Check List 11(4)(Article 1686): 1-4.

Melo-Sampaio, P.R.; Maciel Junior, M.L. 2012. Geographic distribution: Imantodes lentiferus (Blunt-headed Tree Snake, Dormideira). Herpetological Review 43(2): 307-308.

Serrano Rojas, S.J.; Villacampa, J.; Whitworth, A. 2016. Notes on the reproduction of Kentropyx altamazonica (Squamata: Teiidae) and Imantodes lentiferus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from southeast Peru. Phyllomedusa 15(1): 69-73.

Imantodes phantasma

Medina-Rangel, G.F.; Cárdenas-Arévalo, G.; Rentería-M., L.E. 2018. Rediscovery and first record of the Phantasma Tree Snake, Imantodes phantasma Myers, 1982 (Serpentes, Colubridae), in Colombia. Check List 14(1): 237–242.

Myers, C.W. 1982. Blunt-headed vine snakes (Imantodes) in Panama, including a new species and other revisionary notes. American Museum Novitates 2738: 1-50.

Imantodes tenuissimus

Köhler, G.; Cedeño-Vázquez, J.R.; Kraus, E.D.; Beutelspacher-García, P.M.; Domínguez-Lepe, J.A. 2017. The Chetumal Snake Census: generating biological data from road-killed snakes. Part 5. Imantodes tenuissimus, Lampropeltis triangulum, and Stenorrhina freminvillii. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(4): 774-789.