Mussurana montana (FRANCO, MARQUES & PUORTO, 1997)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | Portuguese: Coral (juvenil), Coral-Falsa (juvenil), Muçurana-das-Montanhas |
Synonym | Clelia montana FRANCO, MARQUES & PUORTO 1997 Clelia montana — MARQUES et al. 2009 Mussurana montana — ZAHER et al. 2009 Mussurana montana — WALLACH et al. 2014: 462 Mussurana montana — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
Distribution | Brazil (NW Sao Paulo, S Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro) Type locality: city of Guaratingueta (22°49' S; 45°93' W), Sodre mill, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: IBSP (= IB) 22505, adult male; paratypes: IB |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Related to C. rustica, being distinguished from the latter by the numbers of supra- and infralabials and the generalized color pattern. |
Etymology | Named after Latin “montanus”, meaning “pertaining to mountains. |
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