Subphylum Vertebrata Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Suborder Serpentes | |
Similar Aquatic coral snake, Micrurus frontalis, Micrurus spixii, Micrurus hemprichii, Micrurus | ||
Ribbon coral snake micrurus lemniscatus helleri
Micrurus lemniscatus, commonly known as the South American coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake, native to South America.
Contents
- Ribbon coral snake micrurus lemniscatus helleri
- Coral snake micrurus lemniscatus in the yasuni
- Geographic range
- Subspecies
- Etymology
- References
Coral snake micrurus lemniscatus in the yasuni
Geographic range
M. lemniscatus is found in Argentina, northern Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, eastern Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, eastern Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.
Subspecies
There are currently five recognized subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies:
Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus.
Etymology
The subspecific names, carvahloi and helleri, are in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Antenor Leitão de Carvalho and American zoologist Edmund Heller, respectively.
References
Micrurus lemniscatus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA