Mussurana Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle, Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto 2009 articles

Mussurana (genus)

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Mussurana is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.^[1]

The genus Mussurana contains the following species which are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Mussurana bicolor (Peracca, 1904) – Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru - two-colored mussurana
Mussurana montana (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) – southeastern Brazil
Mussurana quimi (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) – northern Argentina, southeastern Brazil, and Paraguay

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mussurana.

The specific name, quimi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Joaquim "Quim" Cavalheiro of the Instituto Butantan.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Genus Mussurana at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Clelia quimi, p. 214).

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Mussurana is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.