Mussurana (maculata)
Boiruna maculata
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Boiruna
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Recorded in 53 places on iNaturalist
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Mussurana (maculata) (Boiruna maculata) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest, subtropical dry forest, broadleaf forest and 17 more. Recorded in 53 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 Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Temperate Grassland
- Steppe
- Cold Desert
- Semi-Desert
- Cerrado Savanna
- Pantanal Wetlands
- Gran Chaco Woodland
- Pampas Grassland
- Patagonian Steppe
Related snakes
- Boiruna sertaneja
- Zhao's Mountain Stream Snake Opisthotropis zhaoermii
- Atractus dapsilis
- de Silva’s Rough-Side Snake Aspidura desilvai
- Hognose Lineate Blackhead Apostolepis lineata
- Tantilla stenigrammi
- Semau Island groundsnake Stegonotus lividus
- Thomas' Racer Pseudalsophis thomasi
- Erythrolamprus rochai
- Tantilla gottei
- Cunene Racer Mopanveldophis zebrinus
- Taylor's Racer Platyceps taylori
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.