Micrurus

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

Micrurus is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae. ==Geographic range== Species in the genus Micrurus are endemic to the Americas. ==Species== The following 86 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) – Uruguayan coral snake Micrurus ancoralis (Jan, 1872) – regal coral snake, anchor coral snake Micrurus anibal Micrurus annellatus (W. Peters, 1871) – annellated coral snake Micrurus averyi K. Schmidt, 1939 – Avery's coral snake, black-headed coral snake Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1860) – mesopotamian coral snake Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872) – false triad coral snake, Ecuador coral snake Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967 – Bogert's coral snake Micrurus boicora – boicora coral snake Micrurus bonita 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 Rage & Holman, 1984 Micrurus helleri K. Schmidt & F. Schmidt, 1925 – western ribbon coral snake Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858) – Hemprich'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 janisrozei 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 – Mérida coral snake Micrurus mertensi K. Schmidt, 1936 – Mertens's coral snake, Peruvian desert coral snake Micrurus michoacanensis 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 oliveri 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 & F. 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, Silva Jr., Feitosa, 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 & 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, Silva Jr., Pires, Zaher & Prudente, 2015 – Tikuna coral snake 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). ==References== ==Further reading== Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. .

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