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Mussurana (genus)
''Mussurana'' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.. www.reptile-database.org. Species and geographic ranges The genus ''Mussurana'' contains the following species which are recognized as being valid. *'' Mussurana bicolor'' – Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru - two-colored mussurana *'' Mussurana montana'' – southeastern Brazil *'' Mussurana quimi'' – northern Argentina, southeastern Brazil, and Paraguay ''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Mussurana''. Etymology The specific name, ''quimi'', is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Joaquim "Quim" Cavalheiro of the ''Instituto Butantan The Instituto Butantan () is a Brazilian biologic research center located in Butantã, in the western part of the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Instituto Butantan is a public institution affiliated with the São Paulo State Secretaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boiruna
''Boiruna'' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.. www.reptile-database.org. Species The genus ''Boiruna'' contains the following two species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), .... *'' Boiruna maculata'' ( Boulenger, 1896) – mussarana *'' Boiruna sertaneja'' Zaher, 1996 – mussarana References Further reading * Zaher H (1996). "A new genus and species of Pseudoboine Snake, with a revision of the genus ''Clelia'' (Serpentes, Xenodintinae)". ''Bollettino del Museo Regionali di Scienze Naturali di Torino'' 14 (2): 289–337. (''Boiruna'', new genus, pp. 291–292). Mussuranas Snake genera Boiruna {{Dipsadinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clelia (snake)
Clelia may refer to: * Clelia (given name) (includes a list of people with the name) * Cloelia, a legendary Roman figure * Clelia curve, an algebraic curve * Clelia (snake genus), a genus of snakes {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |