Mussurana montana (FRANCO, MARQUES & PUORTO, 1997)
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Mussurana montana
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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 | Diagnosis. Clelia montana can be distingued from C. equatoriana, C. errabunda, and C. scytalina because the new species has invariably 19 rows of dorsal scales in mid-body while the other species have 17. Celia montana is distinguishable from C. clelia (sensu Bailey, 1970) because the latter has 7 supralabials, rarely 8 (Bailey, 1970; Cei, 1986; Cunha and Nascimento, 1978; Scrocchi and Viñas, 1990), while the new species has 8 supralabials. Neonates of C. montana have a white collar, a dark vertebral stripe, and an immaculate venter, whereas neonates of C. clelia (sensu Bailey, 1970) lack a vertebral stripe. Clelia montana is distinguishable from Clelia rustica by having 8 rather than 7 supralabials, absence of reticulated dorsal pattern, presence of light collar, and red eyes in the new species (Fig. 2). Celia montana can be distinguished from C. bicolor by the greater number of ventrals and lesser number of subcaudals (Table 1). The latter also has the supralabials with a well defined light region (Fig. 1), while in the new species, the dorsal color part of the head extends onto these shields (Fig. 1). (Franco et al. 1997) |
| 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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