Chironius grandisquamis

Chironius grandisquamis

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 grandisquamis

Name

Chironius grandisquamis (Peters, 1869)

Type locality: “Costa Rica”.

Holotype: ZMB 3940.

Synonyms

• Spilotes grandisquamis Peters, 1869: 451
• Herpetodryas fuscus (not of Linnaeus) - Günther, 1859
• Herpetodryas carinatus (not of Linnaeus) - Cope, 1875
• Herpetodryas grandisquamis (Peters) - Cope, 1875
• Herpetodryas melas Cope, 1886: 278
• Herpetodryas melas — Boulenger, 1894: 76
• Herpetodryas grandisquamis — Boulenger, 1894: 76
• Herpetodryas schlüteri Werner, 1899: 115
• Erpetodryas fuscus (not of Linnaeus) - Fowler, 1913
• Herpetodryas vicinus Boulenger, 1915
• Chironius vicinus (Boulenger) - Amaral, 1925
• Herpetodryas schlüteri (Werner) - Amaral, 1929
• Chironius fuscus (not of Linnaeus) - Amaral, 1929
• Chironius fuscus grandisquamis (Peters) - Wettstein, 1934
• Chironius melas (Cope) - Prado, 1940
• Chironius grandisquamis (Peters) - Taylor, 1951: 96
• Chironius schlüteri (Werner) - Peters, 1960
• Chironius schlüeteri (Werner) - Peters and Orejas-Miranda, 1970
• Chironius grandisquamis — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 60
• Chironius grandisquamis — Lehr, 2002: 204

References

• Peters, W.C.H. 1868. Über eine neue Nagergattung, Chiropodomys penicullatus, sowie über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien und Fische. M. Ber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868: 448–461.
• Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
• Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp.
• Chironius grandisquamis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ecuador Sipo