Micrurus
| Micrurus | |
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| Micrurus fulvius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Micrurus Wagler, 1824 |
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 79 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Micrurus albicinctus Amaral, 1925
- Micrurus alleni Schmidt, 1936
- Micrurus altirostris (Cope, 1860)
- Micrurus ancoralis Jan, 1872
- Micrurus annellatus W. Peters, 1871
- Micrurus averyi Schmidt, 1939
- Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862)
- Micrurus bernadi (Cope, 1887)
- Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872)
- Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967
- Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967
- Micrurus browni Schmidt & H.M. Smith, 1943
- Micrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003
- Micrurus catamayensis Roze, 1989
- Micrurus circinalis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Micrurus clarki Schmidt, 1936
- Micrurus collaris (Schlegel, 1837)
- Micrurus corallinus (Merrem, 1820)
- Micrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858)
- Micrurus diana Roze, 1983
- Micrurus diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Micrurus dissoleucus Cope, 1860
- Micrurus distans Kennicott, 1860
- Micrurus dumerilii Jan, 1858
- Micrurus elegans Jan, 1858
- Micrurus ephippifer (Cope, 1886)
- Micrurus filiformis (Günther, 1859)
- Micrurus frontalis A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Micrurus fulvius (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858)
- Micrurus hippocrepis (W. Peters, 1862)
- Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820)
- Micrurus isozonus (Cope, 1860)
- Micrurus langsdorffi (Wagler, 1824)
- Micrurus laticollaris W. Peters, 1870
- Micrurus latifasciatus Schmidt, 1933
- Micrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Micrurus limbatus Fraser, 1964
- Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967
- Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967
- Micrurus meridensis Roze, 1989
- Micrurus mertensi Schmidt, 1936
- Micrurus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Micrurus mosquitensis Schmidt, 1933
- Micrurus multifasciatus Jan, 1858
- Micrurus multiscutatus Rendahl & Vestergren, 1941
- Micrurus narduccii (Jan, 1863)
- Micrurus nattereri Schmidt, 1952
- Micrurus nebularis Roze, 1989
- Micrurus nigrocinctus (Girard, 1854)
- Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872)
- Micrurus oligoanellatus Ayerbe & López, 2002
- Micrurus ornatissimus (Jan, 1858)
- Micrurus pacaraimae Morato de Carvalho, 2002
- Micrurus pachecogili Campbell, 2000
- Micrurus paraensis da Cunha & Nascimento, 1973
- Micrurus peruvianus Schmidt, 1936
- Micrurus petersi Roze, 1967
- Micrurus potyguara Pires, da Silva Jr., Feitosa, Costa-Prudente, Pereira Filho & Zaher, 2014
- Micrurus proximans H.M. Smith & Chrapliwy, 1958
- Micrurus psyches (Daudin, 1803)
- Micrurus putumayensis Lancini, 1962
- Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862)
- Micrurus remotus Roze, 1987
- Micrurus renjifoi (Lamar, 2003)
- Micrurus ruatanus (Günther, 1895)
- Micrurus sangilensis Nicéforo Maria, 1942
- Micrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1869)
- Micrurus serranus Harvey, Aparicio & González, 2003
- Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins & Da Silva, 2007
- Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824
- Micrurus spurrelli (Boulenger, 1914)
- Micrurus steindachneri (F. Werner, 1901)
- Micrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928
- Micrurus stuarti Roze, 1967
- Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1817)
- Micrurus tener Baird & Girard, 1853
- Micrurus tikuna Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015
- Micrurus tschudii Jan, 1858
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
- ^ a b Genus Micrurus at The Reptile Database
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.