Chironius fuscus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species: Chironius fuscus
Subspecies: C. f. fuscus – C. f. leucometapus
Name

Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type locality: “Asia” (in error)
Holotype: Apparently curated by NRM (fide Andersson,1899)
Original combination: Coluber fuscus

Synonyms

Coluber saturninus Linnaeus, 1758: 223
Dendrophis viridis Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 202
Herpetodryas fuscus — Duméril & Bibron, 1854: 209
Herpetodryas sebastus Cope, 1861: 562
Herpetodryas holochlorus Cope, 1876: 178
Herpetodryas fuscus — Boulenger, 1894: 75
Herpetodryas vicinus Boulenger, 1915: 660
Chironius fuscus — Amaral, 1929: 161
Chironius fuscus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 60
Chironius cinnamomeus — Cunha & Nascimento, 1978 (fide Starace, 1998)
Chironius fuscus — Gasc & Rodrigues, 1980
Chironius fuscus — Starace, 1998: 150
Chironius fuscus — Gorzula & Señaris, 1999

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 222. Reference page.
Amaral, A. do, 1929. Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos XVIII. Lista remissiva dos ophidios da região neotropica. Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 127–271.
Gorzula Stefan & Senaris J. Celsa 1999. In: Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I: a data base. Scientia Guaianae, Caracas, No. 8 [1998], 269+ pp.; ISBN 980-6020-48-0.
Chironius fuscus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Brown Sipo

The brown sipo (Chironius fuscus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
Geographic range

The snake is found in South America and Central America.[citation needed]
References

Species Chironius fuscus at The Reptile Database