Imantodes gemmistratus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Imantodes
Species:
Subspecies (6): I. g. gemmistratus – I. g. g – I. g. latistratus – I. g. luciodorsus – I. g. oliveri – I. g. splendidus

Name

Imantodes gemmistratus (Cope, 1861)

Holotype: ANSP 156.
Type locality: “San Salvador, Centr. America.”

Combinations

Himantodes gemmistratus Cope, 1861: 296 [original combination]
Imantodes gemmistratus — Smith, 1942: 385 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Cope, E.D. 1861. Contributions to the Ophiology of Lower California, Mexico and Central America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 292–306. BHL Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Imantodes gemmistratus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2018.
Köhler, G. & Nicholson, K. 2017. IUCN: Imantodes gemmistratus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T197490A2489820. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T197490A2489820.en

Vernacular names

English: Central American Tree Snake
español: Culebra cordelilla centroamericana