Chironius
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species (27):
C. bicarinatus –
C. brazili –
C. carinatus –
C. challenger –
C. cochranae –
C. diamantina –
C. dixoni –
C. dracomaris –
C. exoletus –
C. flavolineatus –
C. flavopictus –
C. foveatus –
C. fuscus –
C. gouveai –
C. grandisquamis –
C. laevicollis –
C. leucometapus –
C. maculoventris –
C. monticola –
C. multiventris –
C. nigelnoriegai –
C. quadricarinatus –
C. scurrulus –
C. septentrionalis –
C. spixii –
C. vincenti –
C. whipala
Name
- Type species: Coluber carinatus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
Synonyms
References
Primary references
- Fitzinger, L. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner: Wien. vii + 66 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Hollis, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics of the genus Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica 62(4): 435–453. JSTOR
Reference page. - Kok, P.J.R. 2010. A new species of Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Pantepui region, northeastern South America. Zootaxa 2611: 31–44. Preview. Reference page.
- Hamdan, B.; Scali, S.; Fernandes, D.S. 2014: On the identity of Chironius flavolineatus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3794(1): 134–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.1.6 Reference page.
- Klaczko, J., Montingelli, G.G. & Zaher, H. 2014. A combined morphological and molecular phylogeny of the genus Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 171(3): 656–667. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12147 Reference page.
- Hamdan, B. & Fernandes, D.S. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Chironius flavolineatus (Jan, 1863) with description of a new species (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4012(1): 97–119. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.1.5
Reference page. - Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Lyra, M.L., Koch, C., Quintela, F.M., Abegg, A.D. & Loebmann, D. 2020. Taxonomic Revision of Chironius bicarinatus (Wied 1820) (Serpentes: Colubridae), with Description of a New Species. Herpetological Monographs 34(1): 98–115. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-19-00013.1 Reference page.
- Sudré, V., Andrade-Júnior, A., Folly, M., Azevedo, J.A.R., Ávila, R.W., Curcio, F.F., Nunes, P.M.S. & Passos, P. 2024. Revision of the Chironius bicarinatus complex (Serpentes: Colubridae): Redefined species boundaries and description of a new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 85–120. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e106238
Reference page. - Jadin, R.C., Jowers, M.J., Blair, C., Ludwig, R.K., Salgado-Irazabal, X. & Murphy, J.C. 2024. Rectifying a century of misidentifications: a taxonomic re-evaluation of sipo snakes (Colubridae: Chironius) on Trinidad. Systematics and Biodiversity 22(1): 2338064. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2024.2338064 Reference page.
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Chironius . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 January 2025.
Vernacular names
português do Brasil: Cobras-cipós
