Species in the genus Micrurus are endemic to the Americas.
The following 80 species are recognized as being valid.
Micrurus albicinctus Amaral, 1925Micrurus alleni Schmidt, 1936Micrurus altirostris (Cope, 1860)Micrurus ancoralis Jan, 1872Micrurus annellatus W. Peters, 1871Micrurus averyi Schmidt, 1939Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862)Micrurus bernadi (Cope, 1887)Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872)Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967Micrurus browni Schmidt & H.M. Smith, 1943Micrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003Micrurus catamayensis Roze, 1989Micrurus circinalis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)Micrurus clarki Schmidt, 1936Micrurus collaris (Schlegel, 1837)Micrurus corallinus (Merrem, 1820)Micrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858)Micrurus diana Roze, 1983Micrurus diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)Micrurus dissoleucus Cope, 1860Micrurus distans Kennicott, 1860Micrurus dumerilii Jan, 1858Micrurus elegans Jan, 1858Micrurus ephippifer (Cope, 1886)Micrurus filiformis (Günther, 1859)Micrurus frontalis A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854Micrurus 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, 1870Micrurus latifasciatus Schmidt, 1933Micrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)Micrurus limbatus Fraser, 1964Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967Micrurus meridensis Roze, 1989Micrurus mertensi Schmidt, 1936Micrurus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)Micrurus mosquitensis Schmidt, 1933Micrurus multifasciatus Jan, 1858Micrurus multiscutatus Rendahl & Vestergren, 1941Micrurus narduccii (Jan, 1863)Micrurus nattereri Schmidt, 1952Micrurus nebularis Roze, 1989Micrurus nigrocinctus (Girard, 1854)Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872)Micrurus oligoanellatus Ayerbe & López, 2002Micrurus ornatissimus (Jan, 1858)Micrurus pacaraimae Morato de Carvalho, 2002Micrurus pachecogili Campbell, 2000Micrurus paraensis da Cunha & Nascimento, 1973Micrurus peruvianus Schmidt, 1936Micrurus petersi Roze, 1967Micrurus potyguara Pires, da Silva Jr., Feitosa, Costa-Prudente, Pereira Filho & Zaher, 2014Micrurus proximans H.M. Smith & Chrapliwy, 1958Micrurus psyches (Daudin, 1803)Micrurus putumayensis Lancini, 1962Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862)Micrurus remotus Roze, 1987Micrurus renjifoi (Lamar, 2003)Micrurus ruatanus (Günther, 1895)Micrurus sangilensis Nicéforo Maria, 1942Micrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1869)Micrurus serranus Harvey, Aparicio & González, 2003Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins & Da Silva, 2007Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824Micrurus spurrelli (Boulenger, 1914)Micrurus steindachneri (F. Werner, 1901)Micrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928Micrurus stuarti Roze, 1967Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1817)Micrurus tamaulipensis Lavin-Murcio & Dixon, 2004Micrurus tener Baird & Girard, 1853Micrurus tikuna Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015Micrurus tschudii Jan, 1858
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus.
All species of Micrurus are oviparous (egg-laying).
