Clelia equatoriana

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Acosta Chaves, V. |author2=Ballesteros, E. |author3=Batista, A. |author4=García Rodríguez, A. |author5=Ines Hladki, A. |author6=Ramírez Pinilla, M. |author7=Renjifo, J. |author8=Saborío, G. |author9=Urbina, N. |author10=Vargas Álvarez, J. |author11=Caicedo, J. |year=2016 |title=Clelia equatoriana |volume=2016 |page=e.T203440A2765472 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T203440A2765472.en |access-date=25 May 2025}}

| genus = Clelia

| species = equatoriana

| authority = (Amaral, 1924)

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|Barbourina equatoriana |Amaral, 1924

|Clelia equatoriana |J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970

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Clelia equatoriana, commonly known as the equatorial mussarana, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America.

Geographic range

C. equatoriana is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.{{EMBL species|genus=Clelia|species=equatoriana}}

Description

C. equatoriana has 17 rows of dorsal scales at midbody (C. clelia has 19).

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Further reading

  • Amaral A (1924). "New genus and new species of South American snakes contained in the United States National Museum". J. Washington Acad. Sci. 14: 200–202. (Barbourina, new genus, p. 201; Barbourina equatoriana, new species, pp. 201–202).

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Category:Mussuranas

Category:Clelia

Category:Snakes of Central America

Category:Snakes of South America

Category:Reptiles of Colombia

Category:Reptiles of Costa Rica

Category:Reptiles of Ecuador

Category:Reptiles of Panama

Category:Reptiles described in 1924

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