Chironius scurrulus

Chironius scurrulus
smooth machete savane
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species: C. scurrulus
Binomial name
Chironius scurrulus
Wagler, 1824
Synonyms
  • Natrix scurrula Wagler, 1824
  • Coluber scurrula - Wagler, 1830
  • Herpetodryas carinatus var. scurrula - Jan, 1863
  • Chironius scurrulus - Hoge, 1964[1]

Chironius scurrulus, commonly known as the smooth machete savane, is a large slender colubrid snake. It is also known as Wagler's sipo.

Contents

Geographic range

It is found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

Description

The dorsal scales are in only 10 rows.[2]

Diet

It feeds on frogs and lizards.

References

  1. ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume II. London. pp. 75-76.

Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. 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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