Re: check this out

Posted by Terry Vandeventer on September 09, 2001 at 08:55:01:

In Reply to: Re: check this out posted by dwight on September 08, 2001 at 08:24:36:

: : interesting picture..looked at this picture for a while, the snake is constricting..could it be a mussurana..Clelia..possibly feeding on bothrops or or similar pit viper species??? what do you think???

Dwight is correct. It's a mussurana (Clelia clelia clelia), a huge constricting exclusive snake-eater from Mexico, Central and South America. It's known as cazador negro (the black hunter) in the Peruvian Amazon.

Looks like it's killing a Bothrops (its primary prey) but it could be a look-alike Xenodon. They get as long as Indigos although smaller ones (5-6') are more slender. Eight to 9 footers are nearly as heavy and being a constrictor, is far more powerful than an indigo. Babies are brilliant coral-red with a black head and a yellow neck-ring!

Just professing on this Sunday morning...

Cheers,

Terry

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: : : interesting picture..looked at this picture for a while, the snake is constricting..could it be a mussurana..Clelia..possibly feeding on bothrops or or similar pit viper species??? what do you think??? : : Dwight is correct. It's a mussurana (Clelia clelia clelia), a huge constricting exclusive snake-eater from Mexico, Central and South America. It's known as cazador negro (the black hunter) in the Peruvian Amazon. : Looks like it's killing a Bothrops (its primary prey) but it could be a look-alike Xenodon. They get as long as Indigos although smaller ones (5-6') are more slender. Eight to 9 footers are nearly as heavy and being a constrictor, is far more powerful than an indigo. Babies are brilliant coral-red with a black head and a yellow neck-ring! : Just professing on this Sunday morning... : Cheers, : Terry

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