Clelia equatoriana
Clelia equatoriana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Clelia |
Species: | C. equatoriana
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Binomial name | |
Clelia equatoriana (Amaral, 1924)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Clelia equatoriana, commonly known as the equatorial mussarana, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.
Geographic range[]
C. equatoriana is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.[1]
Description[]
C. equatoriana has 17 rows of dorsal scales at midbody (C. clelia has 19).[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Species Clelia equatoriana at The Reptile Database
Further reading[]
- Amaral A (1924). "New genus and new species of South American snakes contained in the United States National Museum". J. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 200–202. (Barbourina, new genus, p. 201; Barbourina equatoriana, new species, pp. 201–202).
Categories:
- Mussuranas
- Snakes of Central America
- Snakes of South America
- Reptiles of Colombia
- Reptiles of Costa Rica
- Reptiles of Ecuador
- Reptiles of Panama
- Reptiles described in 1924
- Colubrid stubs