| Clelia plumbea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Clelia |
| Species: | C. plumbea |
| Binomial name | |
| Clelia plumbea (Wied-Neuwied, 1820) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Clelia plumbea is a species of rear-fanged snake in the family Dipsadidae. The species is endemic to South America, where it can be found in Brazil and Paraguay. [1]
Clelia plumbea is widely distributed throughout Brazil and Paraguay, and can be found in the Amazon rainforest, Cerrado, and Atlantic Forest ecoregions. The type locality is from a small area north of Cabo Frio in the state of Rio de Janeiro. [1]
Yerba mate or yerba-maté is a plant species of the holly genus Ilex native to South America. It was named by the French botanist Augustin Saint-Hilaire. The leaves of the plant can be steeped in hot water to make a beverage known as mate. Brewed cold, it is used to make tereré. Both the plant and the beverage contain caffeine.
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Clelia clelia, commonly known as the mussurana, black mussurana or windward cribo, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to the New World.
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