American Coral Snakes

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]

• Micrurus albicinctus Amaral, 1925
• Micrurus alleni K. Schmidt, 1936
• Micrurus altirostris (Cope, 1860)
• Micrurus ancoralis Jan, 1872
• Micrurus annellatus W. Peters, 1871
• Micrurus averyi K. Schmidt, 1939
• Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862)
• Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872)
• Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967
• Micrurus boicora Bernarde, Turci, Abegg & Franco, 2018
• Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967
• Micrurus browni K. Schmidt & H.M. Smith, 1943
• Micrurus carvalhoi Roze, 1967
• Micrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003
• Micrurus circinalis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
• Micrurus clarki K. 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 diutius Burger, 1955
• 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 frontifasciatus (F. Werner, 1927)
• Micrurus fulvius (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Micrurus helleri K. Schmidt & F. Schmidt, 1925
• 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 K. Schmidt, 1933
• Micrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Micrurus limbatus Fraser, 1964
• Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967
• Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967
• Micrurus meridensis Roze, 1989
• Micrurus mertensi K. Schmidt, 1936
• Micrurus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
• Micrurus mosquitensis K. Schmidt, 1933
• Micrurus multifasciatus Jan, 1858
• Micrurus multiscutatus Rendahl & Vestergren, 1941
• Micrurus narduccii (Jan, 1863)
• Micrurus nattereri K. 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 K. 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 & Gonzáles, 2003
• Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins & da Silva Jr., 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 tricolor (Hoge, 1956)
• 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