Whipala Sipos
Chironius whipala Quinteros-Muñoz, Gómez-Murillo, Camacho-Badani, Aguayo, Carpio-Real, Pérez, Marca, Gonzales & Torres-Carvajal, 2024
Also calledSipos Whipala (spa) · Whipala snakes (eng) · serpientes Whipala (spa)
This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.
- Recorded from
- Bolivia, Peru (Cusco)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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References
- Quinteros-Muñoz O, Gómez-Murillo P, Camacho-Badani T, Aguayo R, Carpio-Real R, Pérez E, Marca B, Gonzales L, and Torres-Carvajal O. (2024). A new species of Sipo Snake, Chironius (Serpentes: Colubridae), from the Yungas of Bolivia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 18(1&2): 58-67 (E333).
- García-Ayachi, L. A., & Venegas, P. J. (2025). First record of the Whipala Sipo (Chironius whipala) in Peru. Reptiles & Amphibians, 32(1), E23140-E23140.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.