Chironius multiventris

Chironius multiventris

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 multiventris

Name

Chironius multiventris Schmidt & Walker, 1943: 282

• Holotype: FMNH 38250, ♀, collected by Sr. Valdivia, date unknown.
• Type locality: “Department of Madre de Dios, Peru”.

Synonyms

• Chironius cochranae Hoge & Romano-Hoge, 1969
  • Holotype: USNM 158103.
  • Type locality: “Água Preta, Pará”.

References

Primary references

• Schmidt, K.P. & Walker, W.F. 1943. Peruvian snakes from the University of Arequipa. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Zoology 24(26): 279–296. BHL

Additional references

• Gasc & Rodrigues, 1980. Liste preliminaire des Serpents de la Guyane francaise. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, 2 (4): 559–598.
• Kornacker, P.M. 1999. Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag, Rheinbach, Germany, 270 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Chironius multiventris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2022.
• Ortega, A., Hoogmoed, M., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Catenazzi, A., Nogueira, C., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2019. IUCN: Chironius multiventris  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44580143A44580148. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44580143A44580148.en. Accessed on 01 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: South American Sipo

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