Mussurana (clelia)
Clelia clelia
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Clelia
- Continents
- North America
- Countries
- 9
- How common
- Common
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Mussurana (clelia) (Clelia clelia) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala and 4 more. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 15 more. Common: recorded in 192 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Montane Forest
- Montane Rainforest
- Cloud Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Pine Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Mountain Slopes
- Chocó Rainforest
- Mesoamerican Rainforest
- Central American Cloud Forest
- Central American Dry Forest
- Yucatán Tropical Forest
- Costa Rican Rainforest
- Panamanian Rainforest
- Caribbean Moist Forest
Related snakes
- Equatorial Mussurana Clelia equatoriana
- Clelia langeri
- Clelia hussami
- Underwood's Mussurana Clelia errabunda
- Plumbeous Mussurana Clelia plumbea
- Mexican Snake Eater Clelia scytalina
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.