Micrurus Species
The following 86 species are recognized as being valid.
Micrurus albicinctus Amaral , 1925Micrurus alleni K. Schmidt , 1936Micrurus altirostris (Cope , 1860) – Uruguayan coral snakeMicrurus ancoralis (Jan , 1872) – regal coral snake, anchor coral snakeMicrurus anibal L. Nascimento , Graboski , Silva Jr. & Prudente , 2024Micrurus annellatus (W. Peters , 1871) – annellated coral snakeMicrurus averyi K. Schmidt, 1939 – Avery's coral snake, black-headed coral snakeMicrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1860) – mesopotamian coral snakeMicrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872) – false triad coral snake, Ecuador coral snakeMicrurus bogerti Roze , 1967Micrurus boicora Bernarde , Turci , Abegg & Franco , 2018Micrurus bonita L. Nascimento, Graboski, Silva Jr. & Prudente, 2024 Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967 – Brazilian short-tailed coral snakeMicrurus browni K. Schmidt & H.M. Smith , 1943 – Brown's coral snakeMicrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg , 2003Micrurus carvalhoi Roze, 1967 – Brazilian ribbon coral snakeMicrurus circinalis (A.M.C. Duméril , Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril , 1854) – Trinidad coral snake, Trinidad northern coral snakeMicrurus clarki K. Schmidt, 1936 – Clark's coral snakeMicrurus collaris (Schlegel , 1837) – Guyana blackback coral snakeMicrurus corallinus (Merrem , 1820) – painted coral snakeMicrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858) – Brazilian coral snakeMicrurus diana Roze, 1983 – Diana's coral snakeMicrurus diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – variable coral snakeMicrurus dissoleucus (Cope, 1860) – pygmy coral snakeMicrurus distans (Kennicott , 1860) – clear-banded coral snake, West Mexican coral snakeMicrurus diutius Burger , 1955Micrurus dumerilii (Jan, 1858) – Capuchin coral snakeMicrurus elegans (Jan, 1858) – elegant coral snakeMicrurus ephippifer (Cope, 1886) – Oaxacan coral snakeMicrurus filiformis (Günther , 1859) – thread coral snake, slender coral snakeMicrurus frontalis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – southern coral snake, short-tailed coral snakeMicrurus frontifasciatus (F. Werner , 1927) – Bolivian triad coral snakeMicrurus fulvius (Linnaeus , 1766) – eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra† Micrurus gallicus Rage & Holman , 1984Micrurus helleri K. Schmidt & F. Schmidt , 1925 – western ribbon coral snakeMicrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858) – Hemprich's coral snakeMicrurus hippocrepis (W. Peters, 1862) – Mayan coral snakeMicrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) – Caatinga coral snakeMicrurus isozonus (Cope, 1860) – equal-banded coral snake, Venezuela coral snake, Sandner's coral snakeMicrurus janisrozei L. Nascimento, Graboski, Silva Jr. & Prudente, 2024 Micrurus langsdorffi (Wagler , 1824) – confused coral snake, Langsdorff's coral snakeMicrurus laticollaris (W. Peters, 1870) – double collar coral snakeMicrurus latifasciatus K. Schmidt, 1933 – long-banded coral snake, broad-ringed coral snakeMicrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus , 1758 ) – South American coral snakeMicrurus limbatus Fraser , 1964Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967 – speckled coral snakeMicrurus medemi Roze, 1967 – Villavicencio coral snakeMicrurus meridensis Roze, 1989 – Mérida coral snakeMicrurus mertensi K. Schmidt, 1936 – Mertens's coral snake, Peruvian desert coral snakeMicrurus michoacanensis (Dugès , 1891) Micrurus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – red-tailed coral snake, many-banded coral snakeMicrurus mosquitensis K. Schmidt, 1933 – mosquito coral snakeMicrurus multifasciatus (Jan, 1858) – many-banded coral snakeMicrurus multiscutatus Rendahl & Vestergren , 1940Micrurus narduccii (Jan, 1863) – Andean blackback coral snakeMicrurus nattereri K. Schmidt, 1952 – Natterer's coral snake, Venezuelan aquatic coral snakeMicrurus nebularis Roze, 1989 – Neblina coral snake, cloud forest coral snakeMicrurus nigrocinctus (Girard , 1854) – Central American coral snakeMicrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872) – black-neck Amazonian coral snake, Bolivian coral snakeMicrurus oligoanellatus Ayerbe & López , 2002Micrurus oliveri Roze, 1967 Micrurus ornatissimus (Jan, 1858) – ornate coral snakeMicrurus pacaraimae Morato de Carvalho , 2002Micrurus pachecogili Campbell , 2000Micrurus paraensis da Cunha & F. Nascimento , 1973Micrurus peruvianus K. Schmidt, 1936 – Peru coral snakeMicrurus petersi Roze, 1967 – mountain coral snake, Peters's coral snakeMicrurus potyguara Pires , Silva Jr., Feitosa , Prudente, Pereira Filho & Zaher , 2014Micrurus proximans H.M. Smith & Chrapliwy , 1958 – Nayarit coral snakeMicrurus psyches (Daudin , 1803) – northern coral snake, Carib coral snakeMicrurus putumayensis Lancini , 1962Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862) – Argentinian coral snakeMicrurus remotus Roze, 1987 – remote coral snakeMicrurus renjifoi (Lamar , 2003) – Renjifo's coral snakeMicrurus ruatanus (Günther, 1895) – Roatan coral snakeMicrurus sangilensis Nicéforo Maria , 1942Micrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1869) – little black coral snake, pygmy black-backed coral snakeMicrurus serranus Harvey , Aparicio & Gonzáles , 2003Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo , Borges-Martins & Silva Jr., 2007Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824 – Amazon coral snakeMicrurus spurrelli (Boulenger, 1914) – butterfly-head coral snakeMicrurus steindachneri (F. Werner, 1901) – piedmont coral snake, Steindachner's coral snakeMicrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928Micrurus stuarti Roze, 1967 – Stuart's coral snakeMicrurus surinamensis (Cuvier , 1817) – aquatic coral snakeMicrurus tener (Baird & Girard, 1853) – Texas coral snakeMicrurus tikuna Feitosa, Silva Jr., Pires, Zaher & Prudente, 2015 – Tikuna coral snakeMicrurus tricolor (Hoge, 1956) – Pantanal coral snakeMicrurus tschudii (Jan, 1858) – desert coral snakeNota bene 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).
Further reading
Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms . Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. ISBN 0-89464-847-0
