Imantodes cenchoa

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Mapepire Corde Violon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Imantodes
Species: I. cenchoa
Binomial name
Imantodes cenchoa
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Imantodes cenchoa, the Mapepire Corde Violon is a slender snake found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago. It feeds on geckos, Anolis lizards, frogs, reptile eggs and frog eggs.

[edit] References

Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX.. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.