Chironius multiventris

Chironius multiventris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species: Chironius multiventris
Subspecies: C. m. cochrane – C. m. foveatus – C. m. multiventris – C. m. septentrionalis

Name

Chironius multiventris Schmidt & Walker, 1943

Type locality: Selvas del Rio Madre de Dios, Dep. Madre de Dios, Peru.

Holotype: FMNH 38250.

Synonyms

• Chironius multiventris multiventris Schmidt & Walker, 1943: 282
• Chironius multiventris — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 61
• Chironius multiventris — Gasc & Rodrigues, 1980
• Chironius multiventris — Hoogmoed & Avila-Pires, 1991: 84
• Chironius multiventris — Starace, 1998: 153
• Chironius multiventris — Kornacker, 1999: 72

References

• Schmidt, Karl P. & Walker, Warren F. 1943. Peruvian snakes from the University of Arequipa. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Zoology, 24 (26): 279–296.
• Gasc & Rodrigues, 1980. Liste preliminaire des Serpents de la Guyane francaise. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris, 2 (4): 559–598.
• Kornacker, P.M. 1999. Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag, Rheinbach, Germany, 270 pp.
• Chironius multiventris at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names

English: South American Sipo