---
title: "Muçurana"
description: "Clelia clelia — Répteis. Clelia clelia, commonly known as the mussurana, black mussurana or windward cribo, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-mussurana
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Muçurana

> Clelia clelia — Répteis. Clelia clelia, commonly known as the mussurana, black mussurana or windward cribo, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Clelia clelia*
- Category: `reptiles` (Répteis)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 579
- Wikidata: [Q2122008](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2122008)
- iNaturalist taxon: [27187](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/27187)

## Names

- en: Common Mussurana
- de: Mussurana
- es: Culebra viborera común
- fr: Clélie obscure
- pt: Muçurana

## Countries with the most observations

CR (124), PE (103), CO (51), EC (39), PA (39), BO (33), HN (24), BR (20), TT (13), BZ (11), VE (8), PY (7)

## Summary

Clelia clelia, commonly known as the mussurana, black mussurana or windward cribo, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the New World.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clelia_clelia

## Photo

![Muçurana](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-mussurana/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ítalo Rocha · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271887455

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-mussurana?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).