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Chironius (sipos)

Wikipedia Abstract

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 sixteen described species in this genus with the last species being described in 2010.
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Species

Chironius bicarinatus (Two-headed Sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius brazili
Chironius carinatus (Sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius challenger
Chironius diamantina (Boettger's Sipo)
Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus' Sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius flavolineatus (Boettger's Sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius flavopictus (Werner's Sipo)
Chironius foveatus (South American Sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius fuscus (Brown sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius gouveai
Chironius grandisquamis (Ecuador Sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius laevicollis (Brazilian Sipo)
Chironius laurenti
Chironius leucometapus
Chironius maculoventris
Chironius monticola (Mountain sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius multiventris (long-tailed machete savane) (Attributes)
Chironius quadricarinatus (Central Sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius scurrulus (Wagler's Sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius septentrionalis (South American Sipo) (Attributes)
Chironius spixii
Chironius vincenti (St Vincent Blacksnake) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0