Chironius laevicollis (Wied, 1824)

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 laevicollis (Wied, 1824)
status

 

Chironius laevicollis (Wied, 1824)

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

Endemic of the Atlantic Forest (Fig. 10). It is semi-arboreal, diurnal and feeds mostly on frogs.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Chironius