Imantodes lentiferus
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Amazon Blunt-headed Tree Snake
On a night when we hiked for hours searching specifically and in vain for tree vipers, our consolation prize was this species of Imantodes that's considerably harder to find than the common Imantodes cenchoa.
Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2013 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.
Printed references:
- Bartlett, R.D., and Bartlett, P. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
- Dixon, J. R. and Soini, P. 1986. The Reptiles of the Upper Amazon Basin, Iquitos Region, Peru
- Duellman, W.E. 2005. Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest