Imantodes

reptile genus

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characteristics

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    In tree snake

    Another tropical American genus is Imantodes, made up of exceptionally slender rear-fanged tree snakes that stiffen the body in the shape of an I-beam to cross from branch to branch. A well-known genus found from Southeast Asia to Australia is Dendrophis. The most common of Australia’s few colubrid snakes is…

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