Mussurana (species)

Mussurana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Clelia
Species:	C. clelia
Binomial name
	Clelia clelia; (Daudin, 1803)
Synonyms[1]
	Coluber clelia ; Daudin, 1803; Clelia daudinii ; Fitzinger, 1826; Brachyruton cloelia ; — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & ; A.H.A. Duméril, 1854; Oxyrhopus clelia ; — Cope, 1878; Clelia cloelia ; — Stejneger, 1913; Pseudoboa cloelia ; — Serié, 1921; Clelia clelia ; — Dunn, 1944;

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.[2]

Names

It is called doi or duma in the Kwaza language of Rondônia, Brazil.[3]

Geographic range

Clelia clelia is found in Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles (including the island of Trinidad).[1]

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.[4]

Diet

Clelia clelia preys almost exclusively on snakes, especially venomous snakes of the genera Bothrops and Crotalus.[5]

Reproduction

Clelia clelia is oviparous.[5]

Subspecies

Clelia clelia has two subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, which are recognized as being valid.[1]

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.

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References

Species Clelia clelia at The Reptile Database
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).
Manso, Laura Vicuña Pereira. 2013. Dicionário da língua Kwazá. M.A. dissertation. Guajará-Mirim: Federal University of Rondônia.
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).
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).