Chironius

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species (24): C. bicarinatus – C. brazili – C. carinatus – C. challenger – C. diamantina – C. dracomaris – C. exoletus – C. flavolineatus – C. flavopictus – C. foveatus – C. fuscus – C. gouveai – C. grandisquamis – C. laevicollis – C. laurenti – C. leucometapus – C. maculoventris – C. monticola – C. multiventris – C. quadricarinatus – C. scurrulus – C. septentrionalis – C. spixii – C. vincenti

Name

Chironius Fitzinger, 1826: 29

Type species: Coluber carinatus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

Synonyms

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

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.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Chironius . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Sipos
português do Brasil: Cobras-cipós