Micrurus ornatissimus
| Micrurus ornatissimus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Micrurus |
| Species: | M. ornatissimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Micrurus ornatissimus Jan, 1858
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Micrurus ornatissimus is a species of coral snake in the family Elapidae. Specimens have been identified in the Andean regions of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. "Ornatissimus" is Latin for "very ornate".[1]
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- Micrurus
- Snakes of South America
- Reptiles of Ecuador
- Reptiles of Colombia
- Reptiles of Peru
- Reptiles described in 1858
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