Mussurana bicolor

Mussurana bicolor
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Mussurana
Species:	M. bicolor
Binomial name
Mussurana bicolor (Peracca, 1904)
Synonyms [2]
Oxyrhopus bicolorPeracca, 1904 Clelia bicolor— J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 Mussurana bicolor— Zaher et al., 2009

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 99 cm (39 in). Adults are gray or brown dorsally, and ivory ventrally. Juveniles are brick red dorsally, with a black vertebral stripe. ^[2]

Distribution and habitat

M. bicolor is found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. ^[2] The preferred natural habitats are grassland, savanna, and forest. ^[1]

Ecology and behaviour

M. bicolor is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Nogueira, C. de C.; Scott, N.; Gonzales, L. (2019). "Mussurana bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T176775A61318421. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T176775A61318421.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Species Mussurana bicolor at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN   0-87666-912-7. (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 Zoologia49 (11): 115–153. (Mussurana bicolor, new combination). (in English, with abstracts in English and Portuguese).