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
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
Synonyms[2]

Geographic range

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C. equatoriana is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.[2]

Description

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C. equatoriana has 17 rows of dorsal scales at midbody (C. clelia has 19).[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Species Clelia equatoriana at The Reptile Database

Further reading

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  • 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).