Chironius
| Chironius | |
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| Chironius bicarinatus | |
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| Chironius scurrulus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 |
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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 sixteen described species in this genus with the last species being described in 1993.
Species
- Chironius bicarinatus (Wied, 1820) - Two-headed sipo
- Chironius carinatus (Linnaeus, 1758) - machete savane
- Chironius challenger Kok, 2010
- Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Linnaeus' sipo
- Chironius flavolineatus (Boettger, 1885) - Boettger's sipo
- Chironius foveatus Bailey, 1955
- Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown sipo
- Chironius grandisquamis (Peters, 1869) - Ecuador sipo
- Chironius laevicollis (Wied, 1824) - Brazilian sipo
- Chironius laurenti 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 vincenti (Boulenger, 1891) - St. Vincent blacksnake
Conservation status
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.
References
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