Micrurus Explained

Micrurus is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Micrurus are endemic to the Americas.^[1]

Species

The following 82 species are recognized as being valid.

• 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
• 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).^[2]

Further reading

• Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing. 340 pp. .

Notes and References

1. [:fr:Coleman Jett Goin|Goin CJ]
2. [Hobart Muir Smith|Smith HM]