Two-colored Mussurana

About the Two-colored Mussurana

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.

M. bicolor is found in Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru. The preferred natural habitats are grassland, savanna, and forest. M. bicolor is oviparous. Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Clelia bicolor, p. 92).

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