Chironius fuscus

Chironius fuscus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida 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 fuscus
Subspecies: C. f. fuscus – C. f. leucometapus

Name

• Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Type locality: “Asia” (in error)
  • Holotype: Apparently curated by NRM (fide Andersson,1899)
  • Original combination: Coluber fuscus

Synonyms

• Coluber saturninus Linnaeus, 1758: 223
• Dendrophis viridis Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 202
• Herpetodryas fuscus — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 209
• Herpetodryas sebastus Cope, 1861: 562
• Herpetodryas holochlorus Cope, 1876: 178
• Herpetodryas fuscus — Boulenger, 1894: 75
• Herpetodryas vicinus Boulenger, 1915: 660
• Chironius fuscus — Amaral, 1929: 161
• Chironius fuscus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 60
• Chironius cinnamomeus — Cunha & Nascimento, 1978 (fide Starace, 1998)
• Chironius fuscus — Gasc & Rodrigues, 1980
• Chironius fuscus — Starace, 1998: 150
• Chironius fuscus — Gorzula & Señaris, 1999

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 222. Reference page. 
• Amaral, A. do, 1929. Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos XVIII. Lista remissiva dos ophidios da região neotropica. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 127–271.
• Gorzula Stefan & Senaris J. Celsa 1999. In: Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I: a data base. Scientia Guaianae, Caracas, No. 8 [1998], 269+ pp.; ISBN 980-6020-48-0.
• Chironius fuscus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Brown Sipo