Chironius scurrulus

smooth machete savane
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Chironius
Species:	C. scurrulus
Binomial name
	Chironius scurrulus; Wagler, 1824
Synonyms
	Natrix scurrula Wagler, 1824; Coluber scurrula - Wagler, 1830; Herpetodryas carinatus var. scurrula - Jan, 1863; Chironius scurrulus - Hoge, 1964;

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.^[3]

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

^ Hammerson, G.A.; Nogueira, C.; Catenazzi, A.; Hoogmoed, M.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Chironius scurrulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44580168A44580177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44580168A44580177.en. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^ 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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[iucn-1] Hammerson, G.A.; Nogueira, C.; Catenazzi, A.; Hoogmoed, M.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Chironius scurrulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T44580168A44580177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T44580168A44580177.en. Retrieved 3 May 2023.

[2] The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[3] Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume II. London. pp. 75-76.

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