Chironius scurrulus
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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, Suriname, French Guiana.
Description
The dorsal scales are in only 10 rows.[1]
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
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- 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.
- ↑ Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume II. London. pp. 75-76.
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- Chironius
- Reptiles of Bolivia
- Snakes 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
- Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler