Chironius leucometapus

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 leucometapus

Name

Chironius leucometapus Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993: 123

• Holotype: AMNH 53317, ♂.
• Type locality: “Peru, Department of Junin, Chanchamayo”.

Combinations

• Chironius fuscus leucometapus Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Chironius leucometapus — Hollis, 2006: 445 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Dixon, J.R., Wiest, J.A. & Cei, J.M. 1993. Revision of the Neotropical snake genus Chironius Fitzinger (Serpentes, Colubridae). Monografie di Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 13: 1–280. ISBN 9788886041058 Reference page. 
• 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

• Chavez, G. & Venegas, P. 2021. IUCN: Chironius leucometapus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T147031512A147032055. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T147031512A147032055.en. Accessed on 01 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Brown Sipo