- Source: Chironius multiventris
Chironius multiventris, commonly known as the long-tailed machete savane, is species of colubrid snake.
Geographic range
It is found in Peru, northern Venezuela, Colombia in the Guainía and Trinidad and Tobago.
Description
The body is elongate, and strongly laterally compressed. The tail is long, as the common name implies. The dorsum is olive to light brown. There is a narrow whitish, black-edged, vertebral stripe. The upper labials and the ventrum are yellowish.
The ventrals are 178–183, and the subcaudals are 172–202. (Both these counts are higher than in C. carinatus.) The dorsal scales are arranged in 12 rows anteriorly and at midbody, in 10 rows posteriorly. (C. carinatus has 8 rows posteriorly.)
Adults may attain a total length of 136 cm (4 ft 6 in), with a tail 56 cm (22 in) long.
Diet
Chironius multiventris feeds on frogs.
Notes
References
Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Chironius multiventris
- Chironius
- List of snakes of Trinidad and Tobago
- List of snakes by scientific name
- List of reptiles of Brazil
- Machete Savane
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- List of snakes of Colombia
