Description: A long, non-venomous snake found in various parts of the Neotropics. It goes by names such as Sipo and as Machete Savane. Photo from the Brazil-Peru border near Heliconias Lodge. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/snakes/index.html. Date: 10 February 2007, 08:22. Source: Chironius carinatos. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.