Clelia equatoriana
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.
| Clelia equatoriana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Clelia |
| Species: | C. equatoriana |
| Binomial name | |
| Clelia equatoriana (Amaral, 1924) | |
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Geographic range
C. equatoriana is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.[2]
Description
C. equatoriana has 17 rows of dorsal scales at midbody (C. clelia has 19).[2]
References
- Acosta Chaves, V.; Ballesteros, E.; Batista, A.; García Rodríguez, A.; Ines Hladki, A.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Saborío, G.; Urbina, N.; Vargas Álvarez, J.; Caicedo, J. (2016). "Clelia equatoriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T203440A2765472.
- 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).
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