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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 monticola
Name

Chironius monticola Roze, 1952: 100

Holotype: MBUCV 2019, ♀.

Type locality: “la carretera Caracas-El Junguito, cerca de El Junquito, Distrito Federal, Venezuela, en una altura de 1.850 metros sobre el nivel del mar.”
Synonyms

Herpetodryas sexcarinatus (not of Wagler) — Boulenger, 1894 (part.)

References
Primary references

Roze, J.A. 1952. Colección de reptiles del profesor Scorza, de Venezuela. Acta Biológica Venezuelica 1(5): 93–114. Reference page.

Additional references

Kornacker, P.M. 1999. Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag: Rheinbach, Germany. 270 pp.
Hollis, J.L. 2006. Phylogenetics of the genus Chironius Fitzinger 1826 (Serpenes, Colubridae) based on morphology. Herpetologica 62(4): 435–452.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Chironius monticola. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 May 2018.
Daza, J., Aguayo, R., Aparicio, J., Gonzales, L., Embert, D., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Valencia, J., Venegas, P. & Rivas, G. 2016. IUCN: Chironius monticola (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44580132A44580137. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44580132A44580137.en

Vernacular names
English: Mountain Sipo

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