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Brown Sipo
Chironius fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAraboia (por) · Brun Sipo (dan) · Caninana-Marrom (por) · Chasseur masqué (fra) · Cobra-Cipó (por) · Cobra-Cipó-de-Rio (por) · Cobra-Espada (por) · Couleuvre brune (fra) · Couleuvre brune (La) (fra) · Espia-Caminho (por) · Papa-Ovo (por) · Sacaiboia (por) · Sururucu-de-Fogo (por) · Uirápiagara (por)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Plt. 123 A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia and Guianan savannas, with marginal records in the Chiquitano Dry Forest, Cerrado and Pantanal, and an isolated population in the Atlantic Forest, forming a disjunct distribution (Plt. 123 A), often at low elevations (Plt. 123 B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Dixon et al. (1993). Observed in the field in forest (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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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2457289.