Clelia errabunda UNDERWOOD, 1993

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Saint Lucia Cribo, Underwood's Mussurana
Synonym	Clelia errabunda UNDERWOOD 1993: 3 Clelia errabunda — ZAHER 1996 Clelia errabunda — HENDERSON & BREUIL 2012 Clelia errabunda — WALLACH et al. 2014: 170 Clelia errabunda — THORPE 2022
Distribution	Antilles: Saint Lucia Type locality: St. Lucia, West Indies.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 89.8.14.25, male; Paratype: MNHP 7598, male, St Lucia. Other specimens: BMNH 89.8.14.12, female, 'Domin- ica', West Indies, collected by G.A. Ramage. BMNH 1988.717, female, 'Demerara', presented by Capt E. Sabine, R.E.
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS. A species of Clelia with uniform dark grey adult colouration of the upperside of the head, trunk and tail, extending to the lateral margins of the ventral scales, an undifferentiated vertebral scale row, no left lung and a short trachea extending no more than five ventral scale units beyond the tip of the ventricle. Distinguished from rustica and bicolor by absence of a left lung. Distinguished from clelia, equatoriana and scytalina by the undifferentiated vertebral scale-row and short trachea. Further distinguished from clelia by 17 scale-rows from neck to vent. (Underwood 1993) Additional details (2666 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Conservation: apparently extinct, fide Daltry et al. 2016, Thorpe 2022. Distribution: For a discussion of Dominica and other specimens, including other species, see Underwood 1993:4 ff, who raised doubt about the provenance of some of these species.
Etymology	Named after Latin errabundus = wandering, in reference to the occurence of the new form well outside the range of its mainland relatives.
References	Daltry, J.C., Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. 2016. Clelia errabunda (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203441A115349952 - get paper here Morato, S.A.A.; Franco, F.L. & Sanches, E.J. 2003. Uma nova espécie de Clelia (Serpentes, Colubridae) do sul do Brasil. Phyllomedusa 2 (2): 93-100 - get paper here Thorpe, R.S. 2022. Reptiles of the Lesser Antilles. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 608 pp. - get paper here Underwood, G. 1993. A new snake from St Lucia, West Indies. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Zool.), 59 (1):1-9 Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Zaher, H. 1996. A new genus and species of pseudoboine snake, with a revision of the genus Clelia (Serpentes, Xenodontinae). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 14: 289-337. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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