Mussurana bicolor explained
Mussurana bicolor, the two-colored mussurana, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern South America.
Description
M. bicolor may attain a maximum total length (including tail) of 99cm (39inches). Adults are gray or brown dorsally, and ivory ventrally. Juveniles are brick red dorsally, with a black vertebral stripe.[1]
Distribution and habitat
M. bicolor is found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. The preferred natural habitats are grassland, savanna, and forest.
Ecology and behaviour
M. bicolor is oviparous.[1]
Further reading
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Clelia bicolor, p. 92).
- Peracca MG (1904). "Nouvelles espèces d'Ophidiens d'Asie et d'Amerique, faisante parte de la collection du Museum d'histoire naturelle de Genève ". Revue Suisse de Zoologie 12: 663–668. (Oxyrhopus bicolor, new species, pp. 667–668). (in French).
- Peters JA, Orejas-Miranda B (1970). Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part I. Snakes. (With the collaboration of Roberto Donoso-Barros). United States National Museum Bulletin 297. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution Press. viii + 347 pp. (Clelia bicolor, new combination, p. 63). (in English and Spanish).
- Zaher, Hussam; Grazziotin, Felipe Gobbi; Cadle, John E.; Murphy, Robert W.; de Moura-Leite, Julio Cesar; Bonatto, Sandro L. (2009). "Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49 (11): 115–153. (Mussurana bicolor, new combination). (in English, with abstracts in English and Portuguese).
Notes and References
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