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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Colubridae

Scientific name
  
Chironius

Phylum
  
Chordata

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Colubrinae

Higher classification
  
Colubridae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Snake, Reptile, Colubridae, Chironius carinatus, Oxyrhopus

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Chironius is a genus of New World colubrid snakes, commonly called sipos (from the Portuguese word cipó for liana), savanes, or sometimes vine snakes. There are 22 described species in this genus with the last species being described in 2015.

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Chironius Chironius laevicollis The Reptile Database

Chironius


Species

The following 22 species are recognized as being valid.

Chironius Chironius flavopictus The Reptile Database

  • Chironius bicarinatus (Wied, 1820) – two-headed sipo
  • Chironius brazili Hamdan & Fernandes, 2015
  • Chironius carinatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – machete savane
  • Chironius challenger Kok, 2010
  • Chironius diamantina Fernandes & Hamdan, 2014
  • Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Linnaeus' sipo
  • Chironius flavolineatus (Boettger, 1885) – Boettger's sipo
  • Chironius flavopictus (F. Werner, 1909)
  • Chironius foveatus Bailey, 1955
  • Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758) – brown sipo
  • Chironius grandisquamis (W. Peters, 1869) – Ecuador sipo
  • Chironius laevicollis (Wied, 1824) – Brazilian sipo
  • Chironius laurenti Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993
  • Chironius leucometapus Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993
  • Chironius maculoventris Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993
  • Chironius monticola Roze, 1952 – mountain sipo
  • Chironius multiventris Schmidt & Walker, 1943 – long-tailed machete savane
  • Chironius quadricarinatus (F. Boie, 1827)
  • Chironius scurrulus (Wagler, 1824) – smooth machete savane
  • Chironius septentrionalis Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993
  • Chironius spixii (Hallowell, 1845)
  • Chironius vincenti (Boulenger, 1891) – St. Vincent blacksnake

    • Chironius Chironius carinatus Wikipedia

    Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chironius.

    Etymology

    Chironius Chironius multiventris The Reptile Database

    The specific names, brazili and spixii, are in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Vital Brazil and German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix, respectively.

    Conservation status

    Chironius The World39s newest photos of chironius Flickr Hive Mind

    The St. Vincent Blacksnake, Chironius vincenti is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List due to its extremely limited range on the Island of St. Vincent.

    Chironius One species a day A new vine snake Chironius brazili

    References

    Chironius Wikipedia
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