Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Citeli, Nathalie, Hamdan, Breno & Guedes, Thais, 2016, Snake richness in urban forest fragments from Niteroi and surroundings, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 7145-7145 : 7145

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7145

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scientific name

Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
status

 

Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ecological interactions

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Recorded in forested areas of the Atlantic Forest. Municipality of Niterói. State of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil

Notes

It is semi-arboreal, diurnal and feeds mostly on frogs (Fig. 9).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Chironius