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The mussurana or musurana (Portuguese muçurana) is a genus ''(Clelia)'' of colubrid snakes found in Central America and South America, from Guatemala to Brazil. They specialize in ophiophagy, i.e., they attack and eat other snakes. Currently six species are recognized.〔 They have other popular names in various countries, such as zopilota in Central America and cribo on some Caribbean islands (though they are not related to ''Drymarchon)''. == Species == The following species are currently recognized: *''Clelia bicolor'' (Peracca, 1904) *''Clelia clelia'' (Daudin, 1803) (also called ''Pseudoboa clelia'' – Serié, 1921; ''Pseudoboa occipitolutea'' – Serié, 1936; ''Boiruna maculata'' – Leynaud & Bucher, 1999)〔(''Clelia'' ). Catalogue of Life.〕 *''Clelia equatoriana'' (Amaral, 1924) *''Clelia errabunda'' Underwood, 1993 *''Clelia rustica'' (Cope, 1878) *''Clelia scytalina'' (Cope, 1867) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mussurana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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