Chironius laevicollis

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 laevicollis

Name

Chironius laevicollis (Wied, 1824)

Synonyms

• Coluber laevicollis Wied, 1824
• Erpetodryas laevicolis (Wied) — Boie, 1826
• Herpetodryas laevicollis (Wied) — Wagler, 1830
• Hylophis laevicollis (Wied) — Fitzinger, 1843
• Herpetodryas carinatus (not of Linnaeus) — Boulenger, 1894
• Chironius laevicollis (Wied) — Bailey, 1955
• Chironius laevicollis — Hollis, 2006

References

• Wied-Neuwied, M. 1824. Verzeichniss der Amphibien, welche im zweiten Bande der Naturgeschichte Brasiliens vom Prinz Max von Neuwied werden beschrieben werden. Isis von Oken, 1:661—673 [columns].
• Marques, O.A.V. & Sazima, I. 2003. Ontogenetic color changes may strengthen suggestion about systematic affinities between two species of Chironius (Serpentes, Colubridae). Phyllomedusa, 2 (1): 65–68.
• Hollis, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics of the genus Chironius Fitzinger 1826 (Serpenes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica, 62 (4): 435–452.
• Chironius laevicollis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian Sipo