Chironius quadricarinatus

Chironius quadricarinatus

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 Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species: Chironius quadricarinatus
Subspecies: C. q. maculoventris – C. q. quadricarinatus

Name

Chironius quadricarinatus (Boie, 1827)

Holotype: RMNH 605.

Synonyms

• Erpetodryas quadricarinatus Boie, 1827: 548
• Phyllosira flavescens Cope, 1862: 349
• Chironius quadricarinatus — Bailey, 1955: 15
• Chironius quadricarinatus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 61
• Chironius quadricarinatus — Leynaud & Bucher, 1999: 16
• Chironius quadricarinatus — Hollis, 2006

References

• Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis van Oken, Jena, 20: 508–566.
• Bailey, Joseph 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 (Serpenes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica, 62 (4): 435–452.
• Chironius quadricarinatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Central Sipo