Mussurana (species)

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Mussurana
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Clelia
Species:
C. clelia
Binomial name
Clelia clelia
(Daudin, 1803)
Synonyms[2]

Clelia clelia, commonly known as the mussurana, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the New World.

Etymology[]

The subspecific name, groomei, is in honor of Grenadian zoologist John R. Groome.[3]

Names[]

It is called doi or duma in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil.[4]

Geographic range[]

Clelia clelia is found in Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles (including the island of Trinidad).[2]

Description[]

Clelia clelia is a large snake. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 2.1 m (6.9 ft). Dorsally, adults are uniform black, gray, or olive-gray. Ventrally, adults are yellowish white. Juveniles are pale brown or red, with a black head and a yellow collar.[5]

Diet[]

Clelia clelia preys almost exclusively on snakes, especially venomous snakes of the genera Bothrops and Crotalus.[6]

Reproduction[]

Clelia clelia is oviparous.[6]

Subspecies[]

Clelia clelia has two subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, which are recognized as being valid.[2]

  • Clelia clelia clelia (Daudin, 1803)
  • Clelia clelia groomei Greer, 1965

Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Clelia.

References[]

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ a b c Species Clelia clelia at The Reptile Database
  3. ^ Greer AE (1965). "A new subspecies of Clelia clelia (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the island of Grenada". Breviora (223): 1-6. (Clelia clelia groomei, new subspecies).
  4. ^ Manso, Laura Vicuña Pereira. 2013. Dicionário da língua Kwazá. M.A. dissertation. Guajará-Mirim: Federal University of Rondônia.
  5. ^ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Oxyrhopus clœlia, pp. 108-110).
  6. ^ a b Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Clelia clelia, pp. 30, 92-93, 128-129).

Further reading[]

  • Daudin FM (1803). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Reptiles ... Tome sixième [Volume 6]. Paris: F. Dufart. 447 pp. (Coluber clelia, new species, p. 330). (in French).
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Clelia clelia, pp. 180–181).


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