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Plumbeous Mussurana
Clelia plumbea (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
Also calledBoiru (por) · Boiúna (por) · Cobra-Preta (por) · Cobra-de-Leite (por) · Coral (juvenil) (por) · Coral-Falsa (por) · Coral-Falsa (juvenil) (por) · Falsa-Coral (por) · Falsa-Coral (juvenil) (por) · Limpa-Campo (por) · Limpa-Mato (por) · Limpa-Pasto (por) · Mamadeira (por) · Mussurana (por)
First described in: Wied-Neuwied, & Prinz Zu, M. Reise nach Brasilien in den Jahren 1815 bis 1817. Vol. 1.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay (Plt. 312 A). In Brazil, recorded in the Atlantic Forest, with isolated records in the Cerrado and Amazonia (Plt. 312 A), at low to intermediate elevations (Plt. 312 B). Previous maps and taxonomy in Zaher (1996). Observed in the field in forest (Gaiarsa et al., 2013).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. São João, Cabo Frio, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
Clelia plumbea (Wied 1820) Wied 1820
Clelia plumbea (Wied, 1820) “Muçurana, cobra-de-leite, cobra-preta” (Figs. 14.4 and 27.1) It was recorded in the northern portion of Minas Gerais and eastern Bahia. It occurs only in low-lying areas in Caatinga, up to 230 m elevation. Is is also distributed in Atlantic Forest and Cerrado (Marques et al. 2001; Argôlo 2004; Nogueira et al. 2010). Inside the Caatinga region, it inhabits contact areas next to the Atlantic Forest (agreste) and the Cerrado domain. It has terrestrial habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds mostly on vertebrates (Marques et al. 2001).
Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil
Where it has been recorded
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5223234.