Mussurana (genus)

Mussurana is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species and geographic ranges
The genus Mussurana contains the following species which are recognized as being valid.
 * Mussurana bicolor (Peracca, 1904) – Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru - two-colored mussurana
 * Mussurana montana (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) – southeastern Brazil
 * Mussurana quimi (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) – northern Argentina, southeastern Brazil, and Paraguay

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Mussurana.

Etymology
The specific name, quimi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Joaquim "Quim" Cavalheiro of the Instituto Butantan.