Micrurus diastema
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Micrurus diastema, commonly known as the variable coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake, native to southeastern Mexico and northern Central America.[1] There are seven recognized subspecies.[3]
Distribution and habitat
M. diastema occurs in tropical wet, moist and dry forest from near sea level to 1,250 m (4,100 ft) in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.[1]
Subspecies
There are currently seven recognized subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
- Micrurus diastema affinis (Jan, 1858)
- Micrurus diastema aglaeope (Cope, 1860)
- Micrurus diastema alienus (F. Werner, 1903)
- Micrurus diastema apiatus (Jan, 1858)
- Micrurus diastema diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
- Micrurus diastema macdougalli Roze, 1967
- Micrurus diastema sapperi (F. Werner, 1903)
Etymology
The subspecific name, macdougalli, is in honor of naturalist Thomas Baillie MacDougall (1896–1973).[4]
The subspecific name, sapperi, is in honor of German explorer Karl Theodor Sapper.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Template:IUCN2010
- ^ "Micrurus diastema". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b "Micrurus diastema". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrurus diastema macdougalli, p. 164; M. d. sapperi, p. 232).
Further reading
- Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A[-H-A]. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux (= General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7. Second Part. Containing the [Natural] History of the Venomous Snakes). Paris: Roret. xii + pp. 781–1536. (Elaps diastema, new species, p. 1222). (in French).
- Schmidt KP. 1933. Preliminary Account of the Coral Snakes of Central America and Mexico. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 20 (6): 29-40. (Micrurus diastema, new combination, pp. 38–39).
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