Elegant coral snake
Elegant coral snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Micrurus |
Species: | M. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Micrurus elegans Jan, 1858
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The elegant coral snake (Micrurus elegans) is a species of elapid snake, native to southern Mexico and Guatemala.[1] There are two recognized subspecies:[2]
Range and habitat[]
M. elegans occurs at elevations from 500 to 1,000 m asl in southern Mexico (from central Veracruz, northern Oaxaca, and the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, southeastward through southern Tabasco, northern Chiapas), and Guatemala (the Caribbean versant of the northern mountains of Guatemala southwards to the Sierra de las Minas).
Subspecies[]
There are currently two recognized subspecies:[2]
- (Jan, 1858)
- Schmidt, 1933
References[]
- ^ a b Lopez-Luna, M.A. (2013). "Micrurus elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T64023A3132742. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T64023A3132742.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Micrurus elegans". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Micrurus
- Reptiles described in 1858
- Reptiles of Mexico
- Reptiles of Guatemala