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Posted by Doug T on August 16, 2002 at 10:34:37:
In Reply to: Re: what species of Clelia you have? posted by Ruggero on August 16, 2002 at 08:10:02:
There are a few different subspecies of Clelia: occiputolutea, maculata, rustica, equitoriana, bicolor, errabunda, montana, quimi, scytalina. There may be a new genus involved also, Boiruna.
Mine are shiny jet black with bright red/pink bellies. The red will probably fade. They had a white band on the neck, but it has faded. They don't sit still for photos so it may take a while to get some good pics up for all to see. As for scale counts, they are too small and active to count anything. They were CB in Argentina but are not necesarily a native subspecies to the area.
Hopefully I get it figured out before too long.
DT
:In Costa Rica live 2 species of Mussurana:
:Clelia clelia has 19 scales at midbody, with 2 apical pits;
:Clelia scytalina has 17 scales at midbody; with no apical pit.
:Then comes in the south another Species: Clelia equatoriana.
:And in the same book (The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica of Jay M.Savage), I've read there are 6 species of Clelia genus !
:Ruggero
