Mussuranas
Clelia
Mussurana or musurana (Portuguese: muçurana) is a common name which is used for several species of New World snakes, especially species in the genus Clelia. Clelia is a genus of large snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Central America and South America, and species of Clelia are found from southern Mexico to Brazil. They specialize in ophiophagy, i.e., they attack and eat other snakes. Currently seven species are recognized as being valid.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Common Mussurana
speciesClelia clelia
Equatorial Mussurana
speciesClelia equatoriana
Mexican Snake Eater
speciesClelia scytalina
Plumbeous Mussurana
speciesClelia plumbea
Clelia langeri
speciesClelia langeri
Clelia hussami
speciesClelia hussami
Underwood's Mussurana
speciesClelia errabunda
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 27179.