Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Llanqui, Irbin B., Y. Salas, Cinthya & Oblitas, Melissa P., 2019, A preliminary checklist of amphibians and reptiles from the vicinity of La Nube Biological Station, Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Peru, Check List 15 (5), pp. 773-796 : 788

Imantodes cenchoa (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Material examined. MUSA 4098; Transect TN22, 25.IX.2013.

Identification. A mid-sized snake, SVL 656–1079 mm in males and 827 mm in females. It can be identified by a slender laterally compressed body; 17 scales around midbody. Dorsum tan to pale brown with large dark brown blotches. Venter pale cream to yellow, usually dotted with dark brown. Similar snakes in nearby localities are: I. lentiferus and Leptodeira annulata , which have 15 and 19 scales around mid-body respectively ( Roze 1966, Duellman 1978, 2005, Pérez-Santos and Moreno 1988).

Distribution. Imantodes cenchoa is widespread in America, including México, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Wallach et al. 2014, Uetz and Hošek 2019).