Boiruna maculata, also known commonly as a mussurana (along with several other snakes), is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to South America.
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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: | Boiruna |
| Species: | B. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Boiruna maculata (Boulenger, 1896)
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Description
editB. maculata has smooth dorsal scales. Adults are uniformly black, both dorsally and ventrally. Juveniles are black dorsally, and red ventrally, with a red nuchal collar. [2]
Geographic range
editB. maculata can be found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[2]
Habitat
editB. maculata is found in a variety of habitats including forest, savanna, shrubland, and desert.[1]
Behavior
editB. maculata is terrestrial.[1]
Diet
editB. maculata preys predominately upon snakes, but also upon fishes, lizards, birds, and small mammals.[1]
Reproduction
editVenom
editB. maculata is rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous), and it possesses a venom which is potentially dangerous to humans, especially children.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Williams, J.; Scrocchi, G. (2019). "Boiruna maculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15158518A15158527. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Boiruna maculata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
- ^ Santos-Costa, Maria Cristina dos; Outeiral, Arlete Ballestrin; D'Agostini, Fernanda Maurer; Cappellari, Lize Helena (2000). "Envenomation by the neotropical colubrid Boiruna maculata (Boulenger, 1896): a case report". Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 42 (5): 283–286. (in English, with an abstract in Portuguese).
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), Amblycephalidæ, and Viperidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Oxyrhopus maculatus, new species, p. 110 + Plate VI, figures 2, 2a).
- Carriera, Santiago; Hladky, Ricardo; Lamas, Dario; Negrin, Estela (2018). "Boiruna maculata (Mussurana). Coloration". Herpetological Review 49 (3): 541–542.
- Laspiur A, Nenda SJ (2018). "Geographic Distribution: Boiruna maculata (Mussurana, Víbora Luta)". Herpetological Review 49 (3): 505.
- Zaher H (1996). "A new genus and species of Pseudoboine Snake, with a revision of the genus Clelia (Serpentes, Xenodontinae)". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 14 (2): 289–337. (Boiruna maculata, new combination).
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