Chironius grandisquamis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Chironius
Species: Chironius grandisquamis
Name

Chironius grandisquamis (Peters, 1869)

Type locality: “Costa Rica”.

Holotype: ZMB 3940.
Synonyms

Spilotes grandisquamis Peters, 1869: 451
Herpetodryas fuscus (not of Linnaeus) - Günther, 1859
Herpetodryas carinatus (not of Linnaeus) - Cope, 1875
Herpetodryas grandisquamis (Peters) - Cope, 1875
Herpetodryas melas Cope, 1886: 278
Herpetodryas melas — Boulenger, 1894: 76
Herpetodryas grandisquamis — Boulenger, 1894: 76
Herpetodryas schlüteri Werner, 1899: 115
Erpetodryas fuscus (not of Linnaeus) - Fowler, 1913
Herpetodryas vicinus Boulenger, 1915
Chironius vicinus (Boulenger) - Amaral, 1925
Herpetodryas schlüteri (Werner) - Amaral, 1929
Chironius fuscus (not of Linnaeus) - Amaral, 1929
Chironius fuscus grandisquamis (Peters) - Wettstein, 1934
Chironius melas (Cope) - Prado, 1940
Chironius grandisquamis (Peters) - Taylor, 1951: 96
Chironius schlüteri (Werner) - Peters, 1960
Chironius schlüeteri (Werner) - Peters and Orejas-Miranda, 1970
Chironius grandisquamis — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970: 60
Chironius grandisquamis — Lehr, 2002: 204

References

Peters, W.C.H. 1868. Über eine neue Nagergattung, Chiropodomys penicullatus, sowie über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Amphibien und Fische. M. Ber. k. preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868: 448–461.
Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp.
Chironius grandisquamis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 August 2008.

Vernacular names
English: Ecuador Sipo