Photo of a Equatorial Mussurana (Clelia equatoriana)
Photo: Julián Alberto Ríos-Soto, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Equatorial Mussurana

Clelia equatoriana

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Colubrid
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Clelia
Continents
South America, North America
Countries
4
How common
Recorded in 52 places on iNaturalist
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Equatorial Mussurana (Clelia equatoriana) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical montane forest, montane rainforest, cloud forest, mountain forest and 3 more. Recorded in 52 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

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