Chironius scurrulus (Wagler, 1824)

Camper, Jeffrey D., Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Ron, Santiago R., Nilsson, Jonas, Arteaga, Alejandro, Knowles, Travis W. & Arbogast, Brian S., 2021, Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador, Check List 17 (3), pp. 729-751 : 743

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.729

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466099

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B463861E-C705-2D5A-FF33-562B4095F0C1

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Chironius scurrulus (Wagler, 1824)
status

 

Chironius scurrulus (Wagler, 1824)

Material examined. ECUADOR • 1 juvenile; Napo Province, WWS, Lodge ; 00.6756°S, 077.6012°W; 1504 m a.s.l.; 11 March 2017; QCAZ 15407 View Materials GoogleMaps .

Identification. This species has a color pattern of irregular, reddish-brown splotches on a blackish ground color. They have only 10 dorsal scale rows at midbody. Dorsal scales are smooth, the cloacal plate is undivided, and the ventral edges of the supralabial scales are light colored.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Chironius

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