About Chironius foveatus Bailey, 1955
Chironius foveatus, commonly called the South American sipo or coastal sipo, is a species of non-venomous semi-arboreal snake in the Colubridae family. This species is found in Brazil, where it primarily lives in the country's southern and eastern coastal regions. Documented locations include the Brazilian states of Bahia, Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo, and Rio de Janeiro, the municipalities of Rio Fortuna and Ilhéus, and the island of Ilha Grande. In Brazilian Portuguese, this snake has many common local names: cipó, cobra-cipó, cobra-cipó verde, cobra verde, caninana, caninana-verde-de-cabeça-preta, cobra-espada, and serra-velha. These names translate to English as 'vine', 'vine-snake', 'green vine-snake', 'green snake', 'cane', 'black-headed green cane', 'sword-snake', and 'mountain-man' respectively.
