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Snack time, featuring a Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes cenchoa) These snakes specialize in eating sleeping lizards. I was lucky to find this one just as it was starting to devour a Common Forest Anole (Anolis trachyderma).<br /> Geotagged,Imantodes cenchoa,Peru,Summer Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Snack time, featuring a Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes cenchoa)

These snakes specialize in eating sleeping lizards. I was lucky to find this one just as it was starting to devour a Common Forest Anole (Anolis trachyderma).

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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    The king of reptiles speaks once again. I love everything about this image! Posted 9 years ago
  2. View Annette Flottwell's profile
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    Great timing, well spotted (sorry about the pun) , great light.
    The only one who doesn't like it is the lizard I suppose.     Posted 9 years ago
    1. View John Sullivan's profile
      John Sullivan
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      Yeah, I felt a little sorry for the anole. Posted 9 years ago
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    WOW!! natural history!! Posted 9 years ago
  5. View Tarsier's profile
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    Wow, what a luck to capture this! Posted 9 years ago

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The Common Blunt-headed Tree Snake

"Imantodes cenchoa" is a species of rear-fanged colubrid snake distributed in Mexico, Central America, and South America.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards
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Uploaded Jan 3, 2016. Captured Jan 18, 2013 18:14 in Maynas Province, Peru.
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  • PENTAX K-5
  • f/8.0
  • 1/180s
  • ISO400
  • 105mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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