Chironius exoletus

Chironius exoletus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species: Chironius exoletus

Name

Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Holotype: ZMUU 135.
• Type locality: “Indiis”.

Combinations

• Coluber exoletus Linnaeus, 1758: 223 [original combination]
• Natrix exoleta — Laurenti, 1768 [subsequent combination]
• Tyria exoleta — Fitzinger, 1826 [subsequent combination]
• Erpetodryas exoletus — Boie, 1826 [subsequent combination]
• Herpetodryas exoletus — Wagler, 1830 [subsequent combination]
• Chironius exoletus — Hoge, Romano & Cordeiro, 1978 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber pyrrhopogon Wied-Neuwied, 1824
• Zaocys tornieri Werner, 1896: 15

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

• 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: Lista sistemática y clave para las serpientes de Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag: Rheinbach, Germany. 270 pp. ISBN 978-3980624008.Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Chironius exoletus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2022.
• Acosta Chaves, V., Arzamendia, V., Ballesteros, E., Batista, A., Bolívar, W., Fitzgerald, L., García Rodríguez, A., Giraudo, A., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Kacoliris, F., Montero, R., Pelegrin, N., Saborío, G., Scrocchi, G., Vargas Álvarez, J., Velasco, J., Williams, J., Nogueira, C. de C., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Hoogmoed, M.S., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2019. IUCN: Chironius exoletus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203279A2762756. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203279A2762756.en. Accessed on 01 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Linnaeus' Sipo

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