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Genus of reptiles
Micrurus is a
genus of
venomous
coral snakes of the
family
Elapidae .
[1]
Geographic range
Species in the genus Micrurus are
endemic to the
Americas .
[2]
Species
The following 82 species are recognized as being valid.
[1]
Micrurus albicinctus
Amaral , 1925 – white-banded coral snake
Micrurus alleni
K. Schmidt , 1936 – arrow-headed coral snake, Allen's coral snake
Micrurus altirostris (
Cope , 1860)
Micrurus ancoralis
Jan , 1872 – regal coral snake, anchor coral snake
Micrurus annellatus (
W. Peters , 1871) – annellated coral snake
Micrurus averyi K. Schmidt, 1939 – Avery's coral snake, black-headed coral snake
Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862)
Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872) – false triad coral snake, Ecuador coral snake
Micrurus bogerti
Roze , 1967 – Bogert's coral snake
Micrurus boicora
Bernarde ,
Turci ,
Abegg &
Franco , 2018
Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967 – Brazilian short-tailed coral snake
Micrurus browni K. Schmidt &
H.M. Smith , 1943 – Brown's coral snake
Micrurus camilae
Renjifo &
Lundberg , 2003
Micrurus carvalhoi Roze, 1967 – Brazilian ribbon coral snake
Micrurus circinalis (
A.M.C. Duméril ,
Bibron &
A.H.A. Duméril , 1854) – Trinidad coral snake, Trinidad northern coral snake
Micrurus clarki K. Schmidt, 1936 – Clark's coral snake
Micrurus collaris (
Schlegel , 1837) – Guyana blackback coral snake
Micrurus corallinus (
Merrem , 1820) – painted coral snake
Micrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858) – Brazilian coral snake
Micrurus diana Roze, 1983 – Diana's coral snake
Micrurus diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – variable coral snake
Micrurus dissoleucus Cope, 1860 – pygmy coral snake
Micrurus distans
Kennicott , 1860 – clear-banded coral snake, West Mexican coral snake
Micrurus diutius
Burger , 1955 – Trinidad ribbon coral snake
Micrurus dumerilii Jan, 1858 – Capuchin coral snake
Micrurus elegans Jan, 1858 – elegant coral snake
Micrurus ephippifer (Cope, 1886) – Oaxacan coral snake
Micrurus filiformis (
Günther , 1859) – thread coral snake, slender coral snake
Micrurus frontalis A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – southern coral snake, short-tailed coral snake
Micrurus frontifasciatus (
F. Werner , 1927) – Bolivian triad coral snake
Micrurus fulvius (
Linnaeus , 1766) – eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra
Micrurus gallicus
Micrurus helleri K. Schmidt &
F. Schmidt , 1925 – western ribbon coral snake
Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858) – Hemprichi's coral snake
Micrurus hippocrepis (W. Peters, 1862) – Mayan coral snake
Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) – Caatinga coral snake
Micrurus isozonus (Cope, 1860) – equal-banded coral snake, Venezuela coral snake, Sandner's coral snake
Micrurus langsdorffi (
Wagler , 1824) – confused coral snake, Langsdorff's coral snake
Micrurus laticollaris W. Peters, 1870 – double collar coral snake
Micrurus latifasciatus K. Schmidt, 1933 – long-banded coral snake, broad-ringed coral snake
Micrurus lemniscatus (
Linnaeus ,
1758 ) – South American coral snake
Micrurus limbatus
Fraser , 1964 – Tuxtlan coral snake
Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967 – speckled coral snake
Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967 – Villavicencio coral snake
Micrurus meridensis Roze, 1989 – Merida coral snake
Micrurus mertensi K. Schmidt, 1936 – Mertens's coral snake, Peruvian desert coral snake
Micrurus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – red-tailed coral snake, many-banded coral snake
Micrurus mosquitensis K. Schmidt, 1933 – mosquito coral snake
Micrurus multifasciatus Jan, 1858 – many-banded coral snake
Micrurus multiscutatus
Rendahl &
Vestergren , 1940 – Cauca coral snake
Micrurus narduccii (Jan, 1863) – Andean blackback coral snake
Micrurus nattereri K. Schmidt, 1952 – Natterer’s coral snake, Venezuelan aquatic coral snake
Micrurus nebularis Roze, 1989 – Neblina coral snake, cloud forest coral snake
Micrurus nigrocinctus (
Girard , 1854) – Central American coral snake
Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872) – black-neck Amazonian coral snake, Bolivian coral snake
Micrurus oligoanellatus
Ayerbe &
López , 2002 – Tambito's coral snake
Micrurus ornatissimus (Jan, 1858) – ornate coral snake
Micrurus pacaraimae
Morato de Carvalho , 2002 – Pacaraima coral snake
Micrurus pachecogili
Campbell , 2000 – Pueblan coral snake
Micrurus paraensis
da Cunha &
Nascimento , 1973 – Para coral snake
Micrurus peruvianus K. Schmidt, 1936 – Peru coral snake
Micrurus petersi Roze, 1967 – mountain coral snake, Peters's coral snake
Micrurus potyguara
Pires ,
da Silva Jr. ,
Feitosa ,
Costa-Prudente ,
Pereira Filho &
Zaher , 2014 – Potyguara coral snake
Micrurus proximans H.M. Smith &
Chrapliwy , 1958 – Nayarit coral snake
Micrurus psyches (
Daudin , 1803) – northern coral snake, Carib coral snake
Micrurus putumayensis
Lancini , 1962 – Putumayo coral snake
Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862) – Argentinian coral snake
Micrurus remotus Roze, 1987 – remote coral snake
Micrurus renjifoi (
Lamar , 2003) – Renjifo’s coral snake
Micrurus ruatanus (Günther, 1895) – Roatan coral snake
Micrurus sangilensis
Nicéforo Maria , 1942 – San Gil coral snake, Santander coral snake
Micrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1869) – little black coral snake, pygmy black-backed coral snake
Micrurus serranus
Harvey ,
Aparicio &
Gonzáles , 2003
Micrurus silviae
Di-Bernardo ,
Borges-Martins & da Silva Jr., 2007
Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824 – Amazon coral snake
Micrurus spurrelli (Boulenger, 1914) – butterfly-head coral snake
Micrurus steindachneri (F. Werner, 1901) – piedmont coral snake, Steindachner's coral snake
Micrurus stewarti
Barbour & Amaral, 1928 – Panamanian coral snake
Micrurus stuarti Roze, 1967 – Stuart's coral snake
Micrurus surinamensis (
Cuvier , 1817) – aquatic coral snake
Micrurus tener
Baird & Girard, 1853 – Texas coral snake
Micrurus tikuna Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015
Micrurus tricolor (Hoge, 1956) – Pantanal coral snake
Micrurus tschudii Jan, 1858 – desert coral snake
Nota bene : A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus .
Reproduction
All species of Micrurus are
oviparous (egg-laying).
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References
Further reading
Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms . Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing. 340 pp.
ISBN
978-0894648472 .