Chironius exoletus

Chironius exoletus

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: Chironius exoletus

Name

• Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Type locality: “Indiis”
  • Holotype: ZMUU 135
  • Original combination: Coluber exoletus

Synonyms

• Natrix exoleta (Linnaeus) - Laurenti, 1768
• Coluber carinatus (not of Linnaeus) - Merrem, 1820
• Coluber pyrrhopogon Wied, 1824
• Tyria exoleta (Linnaeus) - Fitzinger, 1826
• Erpetodryas exoletus (Linnaeus) - Boie, 1826
• Herpetodryas exoletus (Linnaeus) - Wagler, 1830
• Herpetodryas carinatus (not of Linnaeus) - Cope, 1868
• Zaocys tornieri Werner, 1896: 15
• Ptyas tornieri - Wall, 1923
• Chironius carinatus (not of Linnaeus) - Amaral, 1931
• Chironius pyrrhopogon (Wied) - Bailey, 1955
• Chironius cochranae Hoge & Romano, 1969
• Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus) - Hoge, Romano, & Cordeiro, 1978
• Chironius exoletus — Vanzolini in Peters & Orejas Miranda, 1986: 5
• Chironius exoletus — Starace, 1998: 146
• Chironius exoletus — Kornacker, 1999: 71

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 223. Reference page. 
• Starace, Fausto 1998. Guide des Serpents et Amphisbènes de Guyane. IBIS Rouge Editions, Guadeloupe, Guyane, 450 pp.
• Kornacker, P.M. 1999. Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag, Rheinbach, Germany, 270 pp.
• Chironius exoletus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Linnaeus' Sipo