Boiruna

Boiruna
Boiruna maculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Boiruna Zaher, 1996

Boiruna is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.[1]

Species

The genus Boiruna contains the following two species.[1]

• Boiruna maculata (Boulenger, 1896) – mussarana
• Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996 – mussarana

References

1. Genus Boiruna at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Zaher H (1996). "A new genus and species of Pseudoboine Snake, with a revision of the genus Clelia (Serpentes, Xenodintinae)". Bollettino del Museo Regionali di Scienze Naturali di Torino 14 (2): 289–337. (Boiruna, new genus, pp. 291–292).