Chironius scurrulus
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| name = Smooth machete savane
| image = Chironius scurrulus (Yasuni).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Chironius
| species = scurrulus
| authority = Wagler, 1824
| synonyms = *Natrix scurrula Wagler, 1824
- Coluber scurrula - Wagler, 1830
- Herpetodryas carinatus var. scurrula - Jan, 1863
- Chironius scurrulus - Hoge, 1964The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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Chironius scurrulus, commonly known as the smooth machete savane, is a large slender colubrid snake. It is also known as Wagler's sipo.
Geographic range
It is found in tropical rainforests of the Brazilian Amazon, Southeastern Colombia, northern Bolivia, Ecuador, east of Venezuela, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana.
Description
Habitat and biology
It feeds on frogs and lizards. They are diurnal. They live in primary and secondary forest habitats, on the ground or small trees, or in shrubs and bushes.
References
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{{cite book | author=Boos, Hans E.A. | title=The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago | publisher=Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX | year=2001 |isbn=1-58544-116-3}}
- Wagler, J.G. 1824. Serpentum Brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens. In: J.B. Spix. Animalia nova sive species novae. pp. 1–75.
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Category:Reptiles of French Guiana
Category:Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago
Category:Reptiles of Venezuela
Category:Reptiles described in 1824
Category:Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler
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