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title: "Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake"
description: "Imantodes cenchoa — Reptielen. Imantodes cenchoa, also known commonly as the blunthead tree snake, the neotropical blunt-headed tree snake, and the fiddle-string snake, is a species of mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-blunt-headed-tree-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake

> Imantodes cenchoa — Reptielen. Imantodes cenchoa, also known commonly as the blunthead tree snake, the neotropical blunt-headed tree snake, and the fiddle-string snake, is a species of  mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Imantodes cenchoa*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 4946
- Wikidata: [Q2707071](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2707071)
- iNaturalist taxon: [29873](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/29873)

## Names

- en: Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake
- de: Riemennatter
- es: Culebra cordelilla chata
- fr: Imantode à nuque tatouée

## Countries with the most observations

CR (1728), CO (518), EC (490), PE (372), HN (250), MX (234), PA (227), GF (208), BR (199), BZ (103), GT (66), TT (57)

## Summary

Imantodes cenchoa, also known commonly as the blunthead tree snake, the neotropical blunt-headed tree snake, and the fiddle-string snake, is a species of  mildly venomous, rear-fanged snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imantodes_cenchoa

## Photo

![Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-blunt-headed-tree-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sobeida Morales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110767839

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-blunt-headed-tree-snake?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).