Boiruna sertaneja, 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 endemic to Brazil.[2]
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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. sertaneja
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| Binomial name | |
| Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996
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Description
editA medium to large snake, B. sertaneja may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 2.35 m (7.7 ft).[1]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitats of B. sertaneja are savanna and shrubland.[1]
Diet
editB. sertaneja preys predominately upon snakes, but may also eat lizards.[1]
Reproduction
editB. sertaneja is oviparous.[1][2] Females reach sexual maturity at a total length (including tail) of about 1.3 m (4.3 ft).[1] Clutch size is 4–14 eggs.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo, A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira, M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2021). "Boiruna sertaneja". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T15158533A15158536. Retrieved 20 November 2021. (in English and Portuguese).
- ^ a b Boiruna sertaneja at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 8 October 2021.
Further reading
edit- Brito, Polyanne Souto de; Gonçalves Silva, Ubiratan (2012). "Squamata, Dipsadidae, Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996: New records and geographic distribution map". Check List 8 (5): 968–969.
- Sales, Raul F.D.; Lima, Maxilândio L.S.; França, Bruno R.A. (2019). "Dead but delicious: an unusual feeding event by the Sertão Muçurana snake (Boiruna sertaneja) on a bird carcass". Herpetology Notes 12: 941–943.
- Guedes, Thaís; Guedes, Abimael (2020). "Notes on court and copula, fertility, nest, eggs and hatchlings of the Caatinga's black snake Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996 (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Northeastern Brazil". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 9 (suppl. 2): 1–11.
- 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 sertaneja, new species, pp. 297–299).
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