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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Mussurana |
Species: | M. bicolor
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Binomial name | |
Mussurana bicolor (
Peracca, 1904)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Mussurana bicolor, the two-colored mussurana, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern South America.
M. bicolor may attain a maximum total length (including tail) of 99 cm (39 in). Adults are gray or brown dorsally, and ivory ventrally. Juveniles are brick red dorsally, with a black vertebral stripe. [2]
M. bicolor is found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. [2] The preferred natural habitats are grassland, savanna, and forest. [1]
Mussurana bicolor | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Mussurana |
Species: | M. bicolor
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Binomial name | |
Mussurana bicolor (
Peracca, 1904)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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Mussurana bicolor, the two-colored mussurana, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to southern South America.
M. bicolor may attain a maximum total length (including tail) of 99 cm (39 in). Adults are gray or brown dorsally, and ivory ventrally. Juveniles are brick red dorsally, with a black vertebral stripe. [2]
M. bicolor is found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. [2] The preferred natural habitats are grassland, savanna, and forest. [1]