Chironius

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| name = Chironius

| image = Chironius carinatus 280429964.jpg

| image_caption = Chironius carinatus

| image2 = Chironius scurrulus (Yasuni).jpg

| image2_caption = Chironius scurrulus

| taxon = Chironius

| authority = Fitzinger, 1826

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 23, See text.

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Chironius is a genus of New World colubrid snakes, commonly called sipos (from the Portuguese word cipó for liana), savanes, or sometimes vine snakes. There are 23 described species in this genus.

Species

The following 23 species are recognized as being valid.{{EMBL genus|genus=Chironius}} www.reptile-database.org.

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chironius.

Conservation status

The St. Vincent Blacksnake, Chironius vincenti, is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List due to its extremely limited range on the Island of St. Vincent.

References

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Further reading

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  • Fitzinger LI (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. Vienna: J.G. Heubner. five unnumbered + 67 pp. + one plate. (Chironius, new genus, p. 60). (in German and Latin).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Chironius, pp. 30, 64, 92).
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Echevarría LY, Lobos SE, Kok PJR (2018). "Phylogeny, diversity and biogeography of Neotropical sipo snakes (Serpentes: Colubrinae: Chironius)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 315–329.

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Category:Snake genera

Category:Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger