Chironius quadricarinatus

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 quadricarinatus
Subspecies: C. q. maculoventris – C. q. quadricarinatus
Name

Chironius quadricarinatus (Boie, 1827)

Holotype: RMNH 605.
Synonyms

Erpetodryas quadricarinatus Boie, 1827: 548
Phyllosira flavescens Cope, 1862: 349
Chironius quadricarinatus — Bailey, 1955: 15
Chironius quadricarinatus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 61
Chironius quadricarinatus — Leynaud & Bucher, 1999: 16
Chironius quadricarinatus — Hollis, 2006

References

Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis van Oken, Jena, 20: 508–566.
Bailey, Joseph R. 1955. The snakes of the genus Chironius in southeastern South America. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, (571): 1–21.
Hollis, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics of the genus Chironius Fitzinger 1826 (Serpenes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica, 62 (4): 435–452.
Chironius quadricarinatus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Central Sipo