Chironius fuscus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Coluber fuscus Linnaeus, 1758: 222 [original combination]
Herpetodryas fuscus — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 202 [subsequent combination]
Chironius fuscus — Amaral, 1929: 161 [subsequent combination]

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Amaral, A. do 1929. Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos XVIII. Lista remissiva dos ophidios da região neotropica. Mem. Inst. Butantan 4: 127–271.

Caicedo, J., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Rivas, G., Nogueira, C., Gonzales, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Catenazzi, A., Gagliardi, G., Hoogmoed, M. & Schargel, W. 2019. IUCN: Chironius fuscus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44580103A44580112. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44580103A44580112.en. Accessed on 21 November 2025.