Chironius scurrulus
| smooth machete savane | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Chironius |
| Species: | C. scurrulus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chironius scurrulus Wagler, 1824
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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, Surinam, French Guiana.
Description[]
The dorsal scales are in only 10 rows.[2]
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[]
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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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- Chironius
- Snakes of South America
- Reptiles of Bolivia
- Reptiles of Brazil
- Reptiles of Colombia
- Reptiles of Ecuador
- Reptiles of French Guiana
- Reptiles of Guyana
- Reptiles of Peru
- Reptiles of Suriname
- Reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago
- Reptiles of Venezuela
- Fauna of the Amazon
- Reptiles described in 1824
- Colubrid stubs