---
title: "Brown Sipo"
description: "Chironius fuscus — Reptiles. The brown sipo (Chironius fuscus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/brown-sipo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Sipo

> Chironius fuscus — Reptiles. The brown sipo (Chironius fuscus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Chironius fuscus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 927
- Wikidata: [Q2963944](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2963944)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27236](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27236)

## Names

- en: Brown Sipo
- fr: Chasseur masqué

## Countries with the most observations

BR (321), GF (174), PE (128), EC (113), CO (37), SR (25), GY (16), BO (12)

## Summary

The brown sipo (Chironius fuscus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sipo

## Photo

![Brown Sipo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-sipo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Roland Kays · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/266085315

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-sipo?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).