Chironius scurrulus
| smooth machete savane | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Colubrinae |
| Genus: | Chironius |
| Species: | C. scurrulus |
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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.
It is found in tropical rainforests of the Brazilian Amazon,Southeastern Colombia,northern Bolivia, Ecuador, east of Venezuela, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Surinam, Guayana Francesa.
The dorsal scales are in only 10 rows.
It feeds on frogs and lizards.Are diurnal, are mobilized on the ground or small trees and shrubs, bushes sleep on primary and secondary forests, clearings and forest edges.
Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN .
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