Chironius vincenti

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 vincenti

Name

Chironius vincenti (Boulenger, 1891)

Type locality: St. Vincent.

Holotypes: BMNH 90.11.25.21A,B.

Synonyms

• Herpetodryas carinatus var. vincenti Boulenger, 1891: 355
• Herpetodryas carinatus - Garman, 1887: 284 (not of Linnaeus)
• Herpetodryas vincenti - Barbour, 1914
• Chironius carinatus (not of Linnaeus) - Niceforo Maria, 1942
• Chironius vincenti - Schwartz and Thomas, 1975
• Chironius vincenti — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991: 594
• Chironius vincenti — Hollis, 2006

References

• Boulenger, G. A. 1891. On reptiles, batrachians, and fishes from the lesser West Indies. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1891: 351–357.
• Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
• Hollis, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics of the genus Chironius Fitzinger 1826 (Serpenes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica, 62 (4): 435–452.
• Chironius vincenti at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.
• IUCN: Chironius vincenti (Boulenger, 1891) (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: St. Vincent Sipo