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Dipsas tenuissima
Small black and white snake. Nocturnal, arboreal. Needs an ID. Help would be appreciated!
Spotted on Jun 22, 2011
Submitted on Jul 22, 2012
6 Comments
Exciting that this could be something new! Keep me posted if/when you find out.
Have you checked D. tenuissima or possibly some of the Sibon sp. juvenile? Distribution and morphology seem correct for D. tenuissima, although the tail runs out of the picture. What are your thoughts on the ID?
Sadly no. My camera was not very good at the time, and I wasn't taking a ton of pictures. It's not a Dipsas, I'm almost positive. Although the coloration is similar, the morphology is very different. Check my spottings on D. bicolor, D. temporalis, and D. articulata for comparison.
Do you have any other pictures? This appears to be of the Genus Dipsas (slug and snail-eaters).
Appreciate it, but the head and coloration are incorrect for I. cenchoa. Maybe something from the goo eaters though!
Possibly a Blunthead Tree Snake, Imantodes cenchoa? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imantodes_c...