COL·VPHYCspeciesThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
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Chironius xaraes
Chironius xaraes Sudré, Ceríaco & Torres-Carvajal
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
- Brazil (Mato Grosso, Upper Paraguay River Basin, Grosso do Sul and transition areas with the Cerrado in the state of Mato Grosso)
- Also published as
- Chironius laurenti Dixon et al., 1993
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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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In the stacks
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References
- Sudré, V., Ceríaco, L. M., Torres-Carvajal, O., Strüssmann, C., Curcio, F. F., Colli, G. R., & Passos, P. (2026). Systematics of Chironius laurenti Dixon, Wiest and Cei 1993 (Serpentes: Colubridae) reveals unexpected taxonomic insights. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 1-32.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.