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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scientific name	Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Chironius exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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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).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Colubridae
Genus	Chironius

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