| 词条 | Mussurana (species) |
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| image = Mussurana2.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Clelia | species = clelia | authority = (Daudin, 1803) | synonyms = *Coluber clelia {{small|Daudin, 1803}}
| synonyms_ref =[1] }} Clelia clelia, commonly known as the mussurana, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the New World. Geographic rangeClelia clelia is found in Central America, South America, and the Lesser Antilles (including the island of Trinidad).[1]DescriptionClelia clelia is a large snake. Adults may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of {{convert|2.1|m|ft|abbr=on}}. 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.[1]DietClelia clelia preys almost exclusively on snakes, especially venomous snakes of the genera Bothrops and Crotalus.[2]ReproductionClelia clelia is oviparous.[2]SubspeciesClelia clelia has two subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, which are recognized as being valid.[3]
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. EtymologyThe subspecific name, groomei, is in honor of Grenadian zoologist John R. Groome.[4] References1. ^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). 2. ^1 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). 3. ^1 2 {{EMBL species|genus=Clelia|species=clelia}} 4. ^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). Further reading
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