Chironius vincenti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 vincenti (Boulenger, 1891)

Lectotype: BMNH 90.11.25.21A, ♀, collected by H.H. Smith in 1890. [designated by Dixon, Wiest & Cei (1993: 195)]
Type locality: “St. Vincent, Lesser West Indies”.
Paralectotype: BMNH 90.11.25.21B, same data as for the lectotype.

Herpetodryas carinatus var. vincenti Boulenger, 1891: 355 [original combination, as subspecies]
Herpetodryas vincenti — Barbour, 1914: 331 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]
Chironius vincenti — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975: 180 [subsequent combination]

Boulenger, G.A. 1891. On reptiles, batrachians, and fishes from the lesser West Indies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 351–357. BHL
Barbour, T. 1914. A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 44(2): 205–359. BHL
Schwartz, A. & Thomas, T. 1975. A check-list of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Special Publications of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 1: 1–216. BHL Reference page.
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.

Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. University of Florida Press: Gainesville. xiv + 720 p. ISBN 9780813010496 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.

Daltry, J.C., Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2016. IUCN: Chironius vincenti (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T4672A115069815. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4672A71739530.en. Accessed on 25 November 2025.