Boiruna sertaneja explained

Boiruna sertaneja, also known commonly as a mussurana (along with several other snakes), is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Description

A medium to large snake, B. sertaneja may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of B. sertaneja are savanna and shrubland.

Diet

B. sertaneja preys predominately upon snakes, but may also eat lizards.

Reproduction

B. sertaneja is oviparous. Females reach sexual maturity at a total length (including tail) of about . Clutch size is 4–14 eggs.

Further reading

• Brito, Polyanne Souto de; Gonçalves Silva, Ubiratan (2012). "Squamata, Dipsadidae, Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996: New records and geographic distribution map". Check List 8 (5): 968–969.
• Sales, Raul F.D.; Lima, Maxilândio L.S.; França, Bruno R.A. (2019). "Dead but delicious: an unusual feeding event by the Sertão Muçurana snake (Boiruna sertaneja) on a bird carcass". Herpetology Notes 12: 941–943.
• Guedes, Thaís

Guedes, Abimael (2020). "Notes on court and copula, fertility, nest, eggs and hatchlings of the Caatinga's black snake Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996 (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Northeastern Brazil". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 9 (suppl. 2): 1–11.

• Zaher H (1996). "A new genus and species of Pseudoboine Snake, with a revision of the genus Clelia (Serpentes, Xenodontinae)". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 14 (2): 289–337. (Boiruna sertaneja, new species, pp. 297–299).