Micrurus lemniscatus
| Micrurus lemniscatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Micrurus |
| Species: | M. lemniscatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Micrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Micrurus lemniscatus, commonly known as the South American coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake, native to South America.[1]
Geographic range
M. lemniscatus is found in Argentina, northern Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, eastern Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana,[2] Paraguay, eastern Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.[1]
Subspecies
There are currently five recognized subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies:[3]
- Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi Roze, 1967
- Micrurus lemniscatus diutius Burger, 1955
- Micrurus lemniscatus fronifasciatus (F. Werner, 1927)
- Micrurus lemniscatus helleri K.P. Schmidt & F.J.W. Schmidt, 1925
- Micrurus lemniscatus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Reptile Database. Consulted 03 October 2014.
- ↑ Cole, C.J., C.R. Townsend, R.P. Reynolds, R.D. MacCulloch and A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis.". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125: 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
- ↑ "Micrurus lemniscatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi, p. 49; M. l. helleri, p. 120).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Elaps lemniscatus, p. 430).
- Freiberg M. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Micrurus lemniscatus, p. 115 + color photograph of M. l. carvalhoi on p. 187).
- Jan G, Sordelli F. 1872. Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Quarante-deuxième livraison. Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I-VI. (Elaps lemniscatus, Plate V, figures 1 & 1*). (in French).
- Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, diferentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Coluber lemniscatus, new species, p. 224). (in Latin).
- Roze JA. 1996. Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Co. 340 pp. ISBN 978-0894648472.
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