Chironius foveatus

Chironius foveatus

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 foveatus

Name

Chironius foveatus Bailey, 1955

• Holotype: MNRJ 1840.
• Type locality: Rio Fortuna, Ilhéus, Bahia.

Combinations

• Chironius foveatus Bailey, 1955: 10 [original combination]
• Chironius multiventris foveatus — Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993 [subsquent combination]
• Chironius foveatus — Hollis, 2006 [subsquent combination]

References

Primary references

• Bailey, J.R. 1955. The snakes of the genus Chironius in southeastern South America. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 571: 1–21.
• 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 foveatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2022.
• Silveira, A.L., Prudente, A.L. da C., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Strüssmann , C., Loebmann, D., Barbo, F.E., Franco, F.L., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Hoogmoed, M.S., Marques, O.A.V., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A., Sawaya, R.J. & da Costa, T.B.G. 2019. IUCN: Chironius foveatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T96105025A123737762. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T96105025A123737762.en. Accessed on 01 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: South American Sipo