Chironius carinatus

Chironius carinatus

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: Chironius carinatus

Name

Chironius carinatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: NHR Lin-33 (formerly MAFR), ♂.
• Type locality: “Indiis [=India]” in error, corrected to “Suriname” by Hoge (1962: 53).

Combinations

• Coluber carinatus Linnaeus, 1758: 223 [original combination]
• Natrix carinata — Merrem, 1820: 120 [subsequent combination]
• Chironius carinatus — Fitzinger, 1826: 31 [subsequent combination]
• Erpetodryas carinatus — Boie, 1826: 237 [subsequent combination]
• Herpetodryas carinatus — Wagler, 1830: 180 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gorzula, S. & Senaris, J.C. [1998] 1999. In: Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I: a data base. Scientia Guaianae, Caracas, No. 8, 269+ pp. ISBN 980-6020-48-0
• Hollis, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics of the genus Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica 62(4): 435–453. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Chironius carinatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 October 2022.
• Arredondo, J.C., Caicedo, J.R., Gutierrez, P., Rivas, G., Gonzales, L., Hoogmoed, M.S., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Gagliardi, G., Nogueira, C. de C. & Murphy, J. 2021. IUCN: Chironius carinatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44580082A44580089. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T44580082A44580089.en. Accessed on 04 October 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Yellow-lipped Sipo
português: Acutimbóia
українська: Зіпо кілевата

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