Chironius

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 (24): C. bicarinatus – C. brazili – C. carinatus – C. challenger – C. diamantina – C. dracomaris – C. exoletus – C. flavolineatus – C. flavopictus – C. foveatus – C. fuscus – C. gouveai – C. grandisquamis – C. laevicollis – C. laurenti – C. leucometapus – C. maculoventris – C. monticola – C. multiventris – C. quadricarinatus – C. scurrulus – C. septentrionalis – C. spixii – C. vincenti

Name[edit]

Chironius Fitzinger, 1826: 29

Type species: Coluber carinatus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

Synonyms[edit]

Erpetodryas Boie, 1826
Herpetodryas Wagler, 1830
Macrops Wagler, 1830
Hylophis Fitzinger, 1843
Phyllosira Cope, 1862

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Fitzinger, L. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner: Wien. vii + 66 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references[edit]

Hollis, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics of the genus Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica 62(4): 435–453. JSTOR Reference page.
Kok, P.J.R. 2010. A new species of Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from the Pantepui region, northeastern South America. Zootaxa 2611: 31–44. Preview. Reference page.
Hamdan, B.; Scali, S.; Fernandes, D.S. 2014: On the identity of Chironius flavolineatus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3794(1): 134–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.1.6 Reference page.
Klaczko, J., Montingelli, G.G. & Zaher, H. 2014. A combined morphological and molecular phylogeny of the genus Chironius Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 171(3): 656–667. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12147 Reference page.
Hamdan, B. & Fernandes, D.S. 2015. Taxonomic revision of Chironius flavolineatus (Jan, 1863) with description of a new species (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4012(1): 97–119. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4012.1.5 Reference page.
Entiauspe-Neto, O.M., Lyra, M.L., Koch, C., Quintela, F.M., Abegg, A.D. & Loebmann, D. 2020. Taxonomic Revision of Chironius bicarinatus (Wied 1820) (Serpentes: Colubridae), with Description of a New Species. Herpetological Monographs 34(1): 98–115. DOI: 10.1655/HERPMONOGRAPHS-D-19-00013.1 Reference page.
Sudré, V., Andrade-Júnior, A., Folly, M., Azevedo, J.A.R., Ávila, R.W., Curcio, F.F., Nunes, P.M.S. & Passos, P. 2024. Revision of the Chironius bicarinatus complex (Serpentes: Colubridae): Redefined species boundaries and description of a new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 85–120. DOI: 10.3897/vz.74.e106238 Reference page.