Chironius

Chironius bicarinatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species: C. bicarinatus – C. carinatus – C. challenger – C. exoletus – C. flavolineatus – C. fuscus – C. grandisquamis – C. laevicollis – C. laurenti – C. monticola – C. multiventris – C. quadricarinatus – C. scurrulus – C. vincenti

Name

Chironius Fitzinger, 1826

Type species: Coluber carinatus Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae 10: 223

Synonyms

• Chironius Fitzinger, 1826
• Erpetodryas Boie, 1826
• Herpetodryas Wagler, 1830
• Macrops Wagler, 1830
• Hylophis Fitzinger, 1843
• Phyllosira Cope, 1862

References

• Fitzinger, 1826. Neue Class. der Rept.: 31.
• 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. 
• 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. Preview (PDF) 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. 
• 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
• Chironius at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Sipos