Wagler's Sipo
Chironius scurrulus
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Chironius
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 8
- How common
- Rare
About
Wagler's Sipo (Chironius scurrulus) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana and 3 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 18 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Gallery Forest
- Secondary Forest
- Regenerating Forest
- Forest Edges
- Forest Clearings
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Waterholes
- Roadsides
- Amazon Rainforest
- Amazon Lowland Rainforest
- Amazon Terra Firme Forest
- Chocó Rainforest
- Guiana Shield Rainforest
- Llanos Grassland
Related snakes
- Uruguayan Sipo Chironius gouveai
- Two-headed Sipo Chironius bicarinatus
- Sipo (carinatus) Chironius carinatus
- Brazilian Sipo Chironius laevicollis
- Saint Vincent Racer Chironius vincenti
- Sipo (flavopictus) Chironius flavopictus
- Brown Sipo Chironius fuscus
- Chironius laurenti
- Central Sipo (quadricarinatus) Chironius quadricarinatus
- Linnaeus' Sipo Chironius exoletus
- Ecuador Sipo Chironius grandisquamis
- Mountain Sipo Chironius monticola
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.