Chironius spixii

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Schargel, W. |author-link=species:Walter E. Schargel |author2=Rivas, G. |author2-link=species:Gilson A. Rivas |year=2017 |title=Chironius spixii |volume=2017 |page=e.T68603427A68603437 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T68603427A68603437.en |access-date=3 May 2023}}

| genus = Chironius

| species = spixii

| authority = (Hallowell, 1845)

| synonyms = *Coluber spixii
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Coluber pickeringii
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Chironius carinatus spixii
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Chironius spixii is a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, spixii, is in honor of German biologist Johann Baptist von Spix.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Chironius spixii, p. 250).

Description

C. spixii may attain a total length (including tail) of {{cvt|1.75|m|ft}}.

Geographic range

C. spixii is found in Colombia and Venezuela.{{NRDB species|genus=Chironius|species=spixii|accessdate=26 February 2016}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. spixii is forest or savanna at altitudes from near sea level to {{cvt|800|m|ft}}, but it has also been found in plantations and pastures.

Behavior

C. spixii is semi-arboreal.

Diet

C. spixii preys predominately upon amphibians and lizards, but it may also eat small mammals.

Reproduction

C. spixii is oviparous.