mũrarũ

Pronunciation

 * According to Yukawa (1981), the first ũ is pronounced long.
 * According to Yukawa (1981), the first ũ is pronounced long.



Noun

 * 1) a sort of harmless snake

Usage notes
Although both Benson (1964) and Leakey (1977) translates this term as, the species having that common name, namely  and  are both native to North America.

The species native to Kenya, where Kikuyu people live and containing the words green or grass in their English common names are as follows:
 * (Eng., ) - In western Kenya this snake occurs north from the Mara area through Kisii, Kericho and the gulf areas to Kakamega, Eldoret, Kitale and south-east Mount Elgon, from whence the range curves west into Uganda. A population also occurs on the coast, from Kikambala north to the Tana delta in eastern Kenya; venomous.
 * (Eng., ) - Actually it is not a snake, but a lizard.
 * (Eng. green mamba ) - The coastal plain, the gallery forest of the Tana river as far up as the Nyambeni Range, from whence it has spread north into the forest at the south-eastern base of these hills. Also recorded from Kibwezi forest and the forest of the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro and around Taveta, it is feasible these populations are connected via the Chyulu Range; venomous.
 * (Eng.,  ) - The easternmost point of the range is Kakamega Forest in western Kenya; venomous.
 * (Eng.,  ) - The easternmost point of the range is Kakamega Forest in western Kenya.
 * (Eng., , )
 * (Eng. ) - In western Kenya, it occurs from Lake Baringo westward over the Elgeyo Escarpment, through Nandi and Trans-Nzoia districts to Mount Elgon, Kakamega and the lakeshore around the Winam Gulf. A population also occurs on the Tana River delta in the Garsen-Witu area in eastern Kenya.


 * , syn. (Eng., , grass snake, , ) - Widespread in western, central and southern Kenya.
 * , syn. (Eng., ,  - The easternmost point of the range is Kakamega Forest in western Kenya.
 * (Eng., )
 * (Eng. ) - The upper Yala River.
 * (Eng., )
 * (Eng. green tree snake,, ,  ) - Green to pale greenish-yellow; non-venomous.
 * (Eng., ) - Western Kenya.
 * (Eng. )
 * (Eng., spotted green snake, )
 * (Eng., ) - Common along the entire coastal plain and the Galana and Tana rivers. Elsewhere in Kenya it occurs sporadically across the north and east in areas where there is permanent water.


 * (Eng. olive grass snake, - Dorsum olive brown, often yellowish posteriorly, uniform, or with black-edged mid-dorsal scales forming black lines, or with irregularly scattered black scales on the neck (Broadley 2002).
 * (Eng., )
 * P. v. multisquamis (Eng., , ) - Grasslands and woodlands of west, central and eastern Kenya, usually above 1000 m altitude.


 * , syn. (Eng., , green tree snake )