Micrurus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Micrurus
Species (82): M. albicinctus – M. alleni – M. altirostris – M. ancoralis – M. annellatus – M. averyi – M. baliocoryphus – M. bernadi – M. bocourti – M. bogerti – M. boicora – M. brasiliensis – M. browni – M. camilae – M. circinalis – M. clarki – M. collaris – M. corallinus – M. decoratus – M. diana – M. diastema – M. dissoleucus – M. distans – M. diutius – M. dumerilii – M. elegans – M. ephippifer – M. filiformis – M. frontalis – M. fulvius – M. hemprichii – M. hippocrepis – M. ibiboboca – M. isozonus – M. langsdorffi – M. laticollaris – M. latifasciatus – M. lemniscatus – M. limbatus – M. margaritiferus – M. medemi – M. meridensis – M. mertensi – M. mipartitus – M. mosquitensis – M. multifasciatus – M. multiscutatus – M. narduccii – M. nattereri – M. nebularis – M. nigrocinctus – M. obscurus – M. oligoanellatus – M. ornatissimus – M. pacaraimae – M. pachecogili – M. paraensis – M. peruvianus – M. petersi – M. potyguara – M. proximans – M. psyches – M. putumayensis – M. pyrrhocryptus – M. remotus – M. renjifoi – M. ruatanus – M. sangilensis – M. scutiventris – M. serranus – M. silviae – M. spixii – M. spurrelli – M. steindachneri – M. stewarti – M. stuarti – M. surinamensis – M. tener – M. tikuna – M. tricolor – M. tschudii
Name

Micrurus Wagler, 1824
References
Primary references

Wagler, J. 1824. Serpentum brasiliensium species novae ou Histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l’intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté le Roi de Bavière, publiée par Jean de Spix,...décrite d’après les notes du voyageur par Jean Wagler. Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni: Munich. vii + 75 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Feitosa, D.T., Silva Jr., N.J., Pires, M.G., Zaher, H. & Prudente, A.L.C. 2015. A new species of monadal coral snake of the genus Micrurus (Serpentes, Elapidae) from western Amazon. Zootaxa 3974(4): 538–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.4.5. Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Micrurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 October 2021.
Micrurus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
български: Коралови змии
čeština: Korálovec
Deutsch: Korallenottern
English: New World Coral Snakes
español: Serpientes de coral
suomi: Korallikäärmeet
français: Serpents corail
magyar: Korallkígyók
日本語: サンゴヘビ属
ქართული: მარჯნისფერი ასპიტები
lietuvių: Koralinės gyvatės
Nederlands: Koraalslangen
norsk: Korallslanger
português: Cobra-coral
svenska: Korallormar
中文: 珊瑚蛇

Micrurus is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae.[1]

Geographic range

Species in the genus Micrurus are endemic to the Americas.[2]
Species

The following 80 species are recognized as being valid.[1]

Micrurus albicinctus Amaral, 1925
Micrurus alleni Schmidt, 1936
Micrurus altirostris (Cope, 1860)
Micrurus ancoralis Jan, 1872
Micrurus annellatus W. Peters, 1871
Micrurus averyi Schmidt, 1939
Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862)
Micrurus bernadi (Cope, 1887)
Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872)
Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967
Micrurus boicora Bernarde, Turci, Abegg & Franco, 2018
Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967
Micrurus browni Schmidt & H.M. Smith, 1943
Micrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003
Micrurus circinalis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Micrurus clarki Schmidt, 1936
Micrurus collaris (Schlegel, 1837)
Micrurus corallinus (Merrem, 1820)
Micrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858)
Micrurus diana Roze, 1983
Micrurus diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Micrurus dissoleucus Cope, 1860
Micrurus distans Kennicott, 1860
Micrurus diutius (Burger, 1955)
Micrurus dumerilii Jan, 1858
Micrurus elegans Jan, 1858
Micrurus ephippifer (Cope, 1886)
Micrurus filiformis (Günther, 1859)
Micrurus frontalis A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
Micrurus 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, 1870
Micrurus latifasciatus Schmidt, 1933
Micrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Micrurus limbatus Fraser, 1964
Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967
Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967
Micrurus meridensis Roze, 1989
Micrurus mertensi Schmidt, 1936
Micrurus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Micrurus mosquitensis Schmidt, 1933
Micrurus multifasciatus Jan, 1858
Micrurus multiscutatus Rendahl & Vestergren, 1941
Micrurus narduccii (Jan, 1863)
Micrurus nattereri Schmidt, 1952
Micrurus nebularis Roze, 1989
Micrurus nigrocinctus (Girard, 1854)
Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872)
Micrurus oligoanellatus Ayerbe & López, 2002
Micrurus ornatissimus (Jan, 1858)
Micrurus pacaraimae Morato de Carvalho, 2002
Micrurus pachecogili Campbell, 2000
Micrurus paraensis da Cunha & Nascimento, 1973
Micrurus peruvianus Schmidt, 1936
Micrurus petersi Roze, 1967
Micrurus potyguara Pires, da Silva Jr., Feitosa, Costa-Prudente, Pereira Filho & Zaher, 2014
Micrurus proximans H.M. Smith & Chrapliwy, 1958
Micrurus psyches (Daudin, 1803)
Micrurus putumayensis Lancini, 1962
Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862)
Micrurus remotus Roze, 1987
Micrurus renjifoi (Lamar, 2003)
Micrurus ruatanus (Günther, 1895)
Micrurus sangilensis Nicéforo Maria, 1942
Micrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1869)
Micrurus serranus Harvey, Aparicio & González, 2003
Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins & Da Silva, 2007
Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824
Micrurus spurrelli (Boulenger, 1914)
Micrurus steindachneri (F. Werner, 1901)
Micrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928
Micrurus stuarti Roze, 1967
Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1817)
Micrurus tener Baird & Girard, 1853
Micrurus tikuna Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015
Micrurus tricolor (Hoge, 1956)
Micrurus tschudii Jan, 1858

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus.
Reproduction

All species of Micrurus are oviparous (egg-laying).[3]
References

Genus Micrurus at The Reptile Database
Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Micrurus, p. 331).

Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. ISBN 0-307-13666-3. (Genus Micrurus, p. 196).