Chironius multiventris

Chironius multiventris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Cladus: Stegocephali
Cladus: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha
Subclassis: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata
Cladus: Toxicofera
Subordo: Serpentes
Cladus: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species: Chironius multiventris

Name

Chironius multiventris Schmidt & Walker, 1943: 282

  • Holotype: FMNH 38250, ♀, collected by Sr. Valdivia, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “Department of Madre de Dios, Peru”.

Native distribution areas

  • Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and French Guyana.

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Gasc & Rodrigues. 1980. Liste preliminaire des Serpents de la Guyane francaise. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 2(4): 559–598.
  • Kornacker, P.M. 1999. Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela: Lista sistemática y clave para las serpientes de Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag: Rheinbach, Germany. 270 pp. ISBN 978-3980624008.Reference page. 
  • Hollis, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics of the genus Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica 62(4): 435–453. JSTOR Hybrid open access journal Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: South American Sipo
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