Chironius maculoventris

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species: Chironius maculoventris

Name

Chironius maculoventris Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993

• Holotype: UZMK 60816, ♂, collected by native on 26 October 1878.
• Type locality: “Argentina, Prov. of Corrientes, Plata Staterne”.

Combinations

• Chironius quadricarinatus maculoventris Dixon, Wiest & Cei, 1993: 181 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Chironius maculoventris — Hollis, 2006: 445 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Native distribution areas

• Paraguay: Boquerón and Presidente Hayes
• Argentina: Santa Fé, Entre Ríos, Corrientes, Salta, Formosa and Catamarca
• Bolivia

References

Primary references

• Dixon, J.R., Wiest, J.A. & Cei, J.M. 1993. Revision of the Neotropical snake genus Chironius Fitzinger (Serpentes, Colubridae). Monografie di Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 13: 1–280. ISBN 9788886041058 Reference page. 
• Hollis, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics of the genus Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica 62(4): 435–453. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Cacciali, P. & Scott, N. 2022. IUCN: Chironius maculoventris  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2017 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T63488777A217811661. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T63488777A217811661.en. Accessed on 01 November 2022.

Vernacular names

• English: Spot-bellied Central Sipo