Clelia equatoriana

Clelia equatoriana
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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)
Synonyms [2]
Barbourina equatorianaAmaral, 1924 Clelia equatoriana J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970

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.

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

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. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203440A2765472.en . Retrieved 25 May 2025.
2. 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).