Chironius scurrulus

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| name = Smooth machete savane

| image = Chironius scurrulus (Yasuni).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Hammerson, G.A. |author2=Nogueira, C. |author3=Catenazzi, A. |author4=Hoogmoed, M. |author5=Schargel, W. |author6=Rivas, G. |year=2019 |title=Chironius scurrulus |volume=2019 |page=e.T44580168A44580177 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44580168A44580177.en |access-date=3 May 2023}}

| 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

The dorsal scales are in only 10 rows.Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume II. London. pp. 75-76.

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 Bolivia

Category:Snakes of Brazil

Category:Reptiles of Colombia

Category:Reptiles of Ecuador

Category:Reptiles of French Guiana

Category:Reptiles of Guyana

Category:Reptiles of Peru

Category:Reptiles of Suriname

Category:Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago

Category:Reptiles of Venezuela

Category:Fauna of the Amazon

Category:Reptiles described in 1824

Category:Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler

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