| Clelia equatoriana | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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) | |
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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.
Description
C. equatoriana has 17 rows of dorsal scales at midbody (C. clelia has 19).
References
- 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.
- ^ 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).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Clelia equatoriana | |
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