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*''[[Micrurus diutius]]'' <small>[[species:William Leslie Burger|Burger]], 1955</small> - Trinidad ribbon coral snake
*''[[Micrurus diutius]]'' <small>[[species:William Leslie Burger|Burger]], 1955</small> - Trinidad ribbon coral snake
*''[[Micrurus dumerilii]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small> - Capuchin coral snake
*''[[Micrurus dumerilii]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small> - Capuchin coral snake
*''[[Micrurus elegans]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small>
*''[[Micrurus elegans]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small> - elegant coral snake
*''[[Micrurus ephippifer]]'' <small>(Cope, 1886)</small>
*''[[Micrurus ephippifer]]'' <small>(Cope, 1886)</small> - Oaxacan coral snake
*''[[Micrurus filiformis]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1859)</small>
*''[[Micrurus filiformis]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1859)</small> - thread coral snake, slender coral snake
*''[[Micrurus frontalis]]'' <small>A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854</small>
*''[[Micrurus frontalis]]'' <small>A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854</small> - southern coral snake, short-tailed coral snake
*''[[Micrurus frontifasciatus]]'' <small>([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1927)</small>
*''[[Micrurus frontifasciatus]]'' <small>([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1927)</small> - Bolivian triad coral snake
*''[[Micrurus fulvius]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)</small>
*''[[Micrurus fulvius]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)</small> - eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra
*''[[Micrurus helleri]]'' <small>K. Schmidt & [[Franklin J. W. Schmidt|F. Schmidt]], 1925</small>
*''[[Micrurus helleri]]'' <small>K. Schmidt & [[Franklin J. W. Schmidt|F. Schmidt]], 1925</small> - western ribbon coral snake
*''[[Micrurus hemprichii]]'' <small>(Jan, 1858)</small>
*''[[Micrurus hemprichii]]'' <small>(Jan, 1858)</small> - Hemprichi's coral snake
*''[[Micrurus hippocrepis]]'' <small>(W. Peters, 1862)</small>
*''[[Micrurus hippocrepis]]'' <small>(W. Peters, 1862)</small> - Mayan coral snake
*''[[Micrurus ibiboboca]]'' <small>(Merrem, 1820)</small>
*''[[Micrurus ibiboboca]]'' <small>(Merrem, 1820)</small> - caatinga coral snake
*''[[Micrurus isozonus]]'' <small>(Cope, 1860)</small>
*''[[Micrurus isozonus]]'' <small>(Cope, 1860)</small> - equal-banded coral snake, Venezuela coral snake, Sandner's coral snake
*''[[Micrurus langsdorffi]]'' <small>([[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1824)</small>
*''[[Micrurus langsdorffi]]'' <small>([[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1824)</small>
*''[[Micrurus laticollaris]]'' <small>W. Peters, 1870</small>
*''[[Micrurus laticollaris]]'' <small>W. Peters, 1870</small>

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Micrurus
Micrurus fulvius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Micrurus
Wagler, 1824
Type species
Coluber fulvius
Linnaeus, 1766

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]

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).[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Genus Micrurus at The Reptile Database
  2. ^ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Micrurus, p. 331).
  3. ^ Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3. (Genus Micrurus, p. 196).

Further reading

  • Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing. 340 pp. ISBN 978-0894648472.