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Micrurus
	Micrurus fulvius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Micrurus; Wagler, 1824
Type species
	Coluber fulvius; Linnaeus, 1766

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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 82 species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

Micrurus albicinctus Amaral, 1925 – white-banded coral snake
Micrurus alleni K. Schmidt, 1936 – arrow-headed coral snake, Allen's coral snake
Micrurus altirostris (Cope, 1860)
Micrurus ancoralis Jan, 1872 – regal coral snake, anchor coral snake
Micrurus annellatus (W. Peters, 1871) – annellated coral snake
Micrurus averyi K. Schmidt, 1939 – Avery's coral snake, black-headed coral snake
Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862)
Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872) – false triad coral snake, Ecuador coral snake
Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967 – Bogert's coral snake
Micrurus boicora Bernarde, Turci, Abegg & Franco, 2018
Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967 – Brazilian short-tailed coral snake
Micrurus browni K. Schmidt & H.M. Smith, 1943 – Brown's coral snake
Micrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003
Micrurus carvalhoi Roze, 1967 – Brazilian ribbon coral snake
Micrurus circinalis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Trinidad coral snake, Trinidad northern coral snake
Micrurus clarki K. Schmidt, 1936 – Clark's coral snake
Micrurus collaris (Schlegel, 1837) – Guyana blackback coral snake
Micrurus corallinus (Merrem, 1820) – painted coral snake
Micrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858) – Brazilian coral snake
Micrurus diana Roze, 1983 – Diana's coral snake
Micrurus diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – variable coral snake
Micrurus dissoleucus Cope, 1860 – pygmy coral snake
Micrurus distans Kennicott, 1860 – clear-banded coral snake, West Mexican coral snake
Micrurus diutius Burger, 1955 – Trinidad ribbon coral snake
Micrurus dumerilii Jan, 1858 – Capuchin coral snake
Micrurus elegans Jan, 1858 – elegant coral snake
Micrurus ephippifer (Cope, 1886) – Oaxacan coral snake
Micrurus filiformis (Günther, 1859) – thread coral snake, slender coral snake
Micrurus frontalis A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – southern coral snake, short-tailed coral snake
Micrurus frontifasciatus (F. Werner, 1927) – Bolivian triad coral snake
Micrurus fulvius (Linnaeus, 1766) – eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra
Micrurus gallicus
Micrurus helleri K. Schmidt & F. Schmidt, 1925 – western ribbon coral snake
Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858) – Hemprichi's coral snake
Micrurus hippocrepis (W. Peters, 1862) – Mayan coral snake
Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) – Caatinga coral snake
Micrurus isozonus (Cope, 1860) – equal-banded coral snake, Venezuela coral snake, Sandner's coral snake
Micrurus langsdorffi (Wagler, 1824) – confused coral snake, Langsdorff's coral snake
Micrurus laticollaris W. Peters, 1870 – double collar coral snake
Micrurus latifasciatus K. Schmidt, 1933 – long-banded coral snake, broad-ringed coral snake
Micrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – South American coral snake
Micrurus limbatus Fraser, 1964 – Tuxtlan coral snake
Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967 – speckled coral snake
Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967 – Villavicencio coral snake
Micrurus meridensis Roze, 1989 – Merida coral snake
Micrurus mertensi K. Schmidt, 1936 – Mertens's coral snake, Peruvian desert coral snake
Micrurus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – red-tailed coral snake, many-banded coral snake
Micrurus mosquitensis K. Schmidt, 1933 – mosquito coral snake
Micrurus multifasciatus Jan, 1858 – many-banded coral snake
Micrurus multiscutatus Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940 – Cauca coral snake
Micrurus narduccii (Jan, 1863) – Andean blackback coral snake
Micrurus nattereri K. Schmidt, 1952 – Natterer's coral snake, Venezuelan aquatic coral snake
Micrurus nebularis Roze, 1989 – Neblina coral snake, cloud forest coral snake
Micrurus nigrocinctus (Girard, 1854) – Central American coral snake
Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872) – black-neck Amazonian coral snake, Bolivian coral snake
Micrurus oligoanellatus Ayerbe & López, 2002 – Tambito's coral snake
Micrurus ornatissimus (Jan, 1858) – ornate coral snake
Micrurus pacaraimae Morato de Carvalho, 2002 – Pacaraima coral snake
Micrurus pachecogili Campbell, 2000 – Pueblan coral snake
Micrurus paraensis da Cunha & Nascimento, 1973 – Para coral snake
Micrurus peruvianus K. Schmidt, 1936 – Peru coral snake
Micrurus petersi Roze, 1967 – mountain coral snake, Peters's coral snake
Micrurus potyguara Pires, da Silva Jr., Feitosa, Costa-Prudente, Pereira Filho & Zaher, 2014 – Potyguara coral snake
Micrurus proximans H.M. Smith & Chrapliwy, 1958 – Nayarit coral snake
Micrurus psyches (Daudin, 1803) – northern coral snake, Carib coral snake
Micrurus putumayensis Lancini, 1962 – Putumayo coral snake
Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862) – Argentinian coral snake
Micrurus remotus Roze, 1987 – remote coral snake
Micrurus renjifoi (Lamar, 2003) – Renjifo's coral snake
Micrurus ruatanus (Günther, 1895) – Roatan coral snake
Micrurus sangilensis Nicéforo Maria, 1942 – San Gil coral snake, Santander coral snake
Micrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1869) – little black coral snake, pygmy black-backed coral snake
Micrurus serranus Harvey, Aparicio & Gonzáles, 2003
Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins & da Silva Jr., 2007
Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824 – Amazon coral snake
Micrurus spurrelli (Boulenger, 1914) – butterfly-head coral snake
Micrurus steindachneri (F. Werner, 1901) – piedmont coral snake, Steindachner's coral snake
Micrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928 – Panamanian coral snake
Micrurus stuarti Roze, 1967 – Stuart's coral snake
Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1817) – aquatic coral snake
Micrurus tener Baird & Girard, 1853 – Texas coral snake
Micrurus tikuna Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015 – Tikuna coral snake
Micrurus tricolor (Hoge, 1956) – Pantanal coral snake
Micrurus tschudii Jan, 1858 – desert coral snake

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

^ ^a ^b 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).

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-| image_caption     = ''[[Micrurus fulvius]]''
+| image_caption = ''[[Micrurus fulvius]]''
-| taxon             = Micrurus
+| taxon = Micrurus
-| authority         = [[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1824
+| authority = [[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1824
+| type_species = ''[[Micrurus fulvius|Coluber fulvius]]''
+| type_species_authority = [[Linnaeus]], 1766
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 ==Geographic range==
-[[Species]] in the genus ''Micrurus'' are [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Americas]].<ref>[[:fr:Coleman Jett Goin|Goin CJ]], [[species:Olive B. Goin|Goin OB]], [[:de:George Robert Zug|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).</ref>
+[[Species]] in the genus ''Micrurus'' are [[endemic]] to the [[Americas]].<ref>[[:fr:Coleman Jett Goin|Goin CJ]], [[species:Olive B. Goin|Goin OB]], [[:de:George Robert Zug|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).</ref>
 ==Species==
-The following 83 species are recognized as being valid.<ref name="RDB"/>
+The following 82 species are recognized as being valid.<ref name="RDB"/>
-*''[[Micrurus albicinctus]]'' <small>[[Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral|Amaral]], 1925</small>
+*''[[Micrurus albicinctus]]'' <small>[[Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral|Amaral]], 1925</small> – white-banded coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus alleni]]'' <small>[[Karl Patterson Schmidt|K. Schmidt]], 1936</small>
+*''[[Micrurus alleni]]'' <small>[[Karl Patterson Schmidt|K. Schmidt]], 1936</small> – arrow-headed coral snake, Allen's coral snake
 *''[[Micrurus altirostris]]'' <small>([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1860)</small>
-*''[[Micrurus ancoralis]]'' <small>[[Giorgio Jan|Jan]], 1872</small>
+*''[[Micrurus ancoralis]]'' <small>[[Giorgio Jan|Jan]], 1872</small> – regal coral snake, anchor coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus annellatus]]'' <small>[[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1871</small>
+*''[[Micrurus annellatus]]'' <small>([[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1871)</small> – annellated coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus averyi]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1939</small>
+*''[[Micrurus averyi]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1939</small> – Avery's coral snake, black-headed coral snake
 *''[[Micrurus baliocoryphus]]'' <small>(Cope, 1862)</small>
-*''[[Micrurus bernadi]]'' <small>(Cope, 1887)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus bocourti]]'' <small>(Jan, 1872)</small> – false triad coral snake, Ecuador coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus bocourti]]'' <small>(Jan, 1872)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus bogerti]]'' <small>[[Janis Roze|Roze]], 1967</small> – Bogert's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus bogerti]]'' <small>[[Janis Roze|Roze]], 1967</small>
 *''[[Micrurus boicora]]'' {{Small|[[species:Paulo S. Bernarde|Bernarde]], [[species:Luiz Carlos Batista Turci|Turci]], [[species:Arthur Diesel Abegg|Abegg]] & [[species:Francisco Luís Franco|Franco]], 2018}}
-*''[[Micrurus brasiliensis]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small>
+*''[[Micrurus brasiliensis]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small> – Brazilian short-tailed coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus browni]]'' <small>K. Schmidt & [[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1943</small>
+*''[[Micrurus browni]]'' <small>K. Schmidt & [[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1943</small> – Brown's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus carvalhoi]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small>
 *''[[Micrurus camilae]]'' <small>[[species:Juan Manuel Renjifo|Renjifo]] & [[species:Mikael Lundberg|Lundberg]], 2003</small>
+*''[[Micrurus carvalhoi]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small> – Brazilian ribbon coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus circinalis]]'' <small>([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854)</small>
-*''[[Micrurus clarki]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1936</small>
+*''[[Micrurus circinalis]]'' <small>([[A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Bibron]] & [[A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854)</small> – Trinidad coral snake, Trinidad northern coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus collaris]]'' <small>([[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1837)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus clarki]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1936</small> – Clark's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus corallinus]]'' <small>([[Blasius Merrem|Merrem]], 1820)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus collaris]]'' <small>([[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1837)</small> – Guyana blackback coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus decoratus]]'' <small>(Jan, 1858)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus corallinus]]'' <small>([[Blasius Merrem|Merrem]], 1820)</small> – painted coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus diana]]'' <small>Roze, 1983</small>
+*''[[Micrurus decoratus]]'' <small>(Jan, 1858)</small> – Brazilian coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus diastema]]'' <small>(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus diana]]'' <small>Roze, 1983</small> – Diana's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus dissoleucus]]'' <small>Cope, 1860</small>
+*''[[Micrurus diastema]]'' <small>(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)</small> – variable coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus distans]]'' <small>[[Robert Kennicott|Kennicott]], 1860</small>
+*''[[Micrurus dissoleucus]]'' <small>Cope, 1860</small> – pygmy coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus diutius]]'' <small>[[species:William Leslie Burger|Burger]], 1955</small>
+*''[[Micrurus distans]]'' <small>[[Robert Kennicott|Kennicott]], 1860</small> – clear-banded coral snake, West Mexican coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus dumerilii]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small>
+*''[[Micrurus diutius]]'' <small>[[species:William Leslie Burger|Burger]], 1955</small> – Trinidad ribbon coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus elegans]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small>
+*''[[Micrurus dumerilii]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small> – Capuchin coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus ephippifer]]'' <small>(Cope, 1886)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus elegans]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small> – elegant coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus filiformis]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1859)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus ephippifer]]'' <small>(Cope, 1886)</small> – Oaxacan coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus frontalis]]'' <small>A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854</small>
+*''[[Micrurus filiformis]]'' <small>([[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1859)</small> – thread coral snake, slender coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus frontifasciatus]]'' <small>([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1927)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus frontalis]]'' <small>A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854</small> – southern coral snake, short-tailed coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus fulvius]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus frontifasciatus]]'' <small>([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1927)</small> – Bolivian triad coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus helleri]]'' <small>K. Schmidt & [[Franklin J. W. Schmidt|F. Schmidt]], 1925</small>
+*''[[Micrurus fulvius]]'' <small>([[Linnaeus]], 1766)</small> – eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra
-*''[[Micrurus hemprichii]]'' <small>(Jan, 1858)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus gallicus]]''
-*''[[Micrurus hippocrepis]]'' <small>(W. Peters, 1862)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus helleri]]'' <small>K. Schmidt & [[Franklin J. W. Schmidt|F. Schmidt]], 1925</small> – western ribbon coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus ibiboboca]]'' <small>(Merrem, 1820)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus hemprichii]]'' <small>(Jan, 1858)</small> – Hemprichi's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus isozonus]]'' <small>(Cope, 1860)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus hippocrepis]]'' <small>(W. Peters, 1862)</small> – Mayan coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus langsdorffi]]'' <small>([[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1824)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus ibiboboca]]'' <small>(Merrem, 1820)</small> – Caatinga coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus laticollaris]]'' <small>W. Peters, 1870</small>
+*''[[Micrurus isozonus]]'' <small>(Cope, 1860)</small> – equal-banded coral snake, Venezuela coral snake, Sandner's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus latifasciatus]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1933</small>
+*''[[Micrurus langsdorffi]]'' <small>([[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1824)</small> – confused coral snake, Langsdorff's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus lemniscatus]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small>
+*''[[Micrurus laticollaris]]'' <small>W. Peters, 1870</small> – double collar coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus limbatus]]'' <small>[[species:Douglas F. Fraser|Fraser]], 1964</small>
+*''[[Micrurus latifasciatus]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1933</small> – long-banded coral snake, broad-ringed coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus margaritiferus]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small>
+*''[[Micrurus lemniscatus]]'' <small>([[Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small> – South American coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus medemi]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small>
+*''[[Micrurus limbatus]]'' <small>[[species:Douglas F. Fraser|Fraser]], 1964</small> – Tuxtlan coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus meridensis]]'' <small>Roze, 1989</small>
+*''[[Micrurus margaritiferus]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small> – speckled coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus mertensi]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1936</small>
+*''[[Micrurus medemi]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small> – Villavicencio coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus mipartitus]]'' <small>(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus meridensis]]'' <small>Roze, 1989</small> – Merida coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus mosquitensis]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1933</small>
+*''[[Micrurus mertensi]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1936</small> – Mertens's coral snake, Peruvian desert coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus multifasciatus]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small>
+*''[[Micrurus mipartitus]]'' <small>(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)</small> – red-tailed coral snake, many-banded coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus multiscutatus]]'' <small>[[:fr:Hialmar Rendahl|Rendahl]] & [[species:Greta Vestergren|Vestergren]], 1941</small>
+*''[[Micrurus mosquitensis]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1933</small> – mosquito coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus narduccii]]'' <small>(Jan, 1863)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus multifasciatus]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small> – many-banded coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus nattereri]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1952</small>
+*''[[Micrurus multiscutatus]]'' <small>[[:fr:Hialmar Rendahl|Rendahl]] & [[species:Greta Vestergren|Vestergren]], 1940</small> – Cauca coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus nebularis]]'' <small>Roze, 1989</small>
+*''[[Micrurus narduccii]]'' <small>(Jan, 1863)</small> – Andean blackback coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus nigrocinctus]]'' <small>([[Charles Frédéric Girard|Girard]], 1854)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus nattereri]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1952</small> – Natterer's coral snake, Venezuelan aquatic coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus obscurus]]'' <small>(Jan, 1872)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus nebularis]]'' <small>Roze, 1989</small> – Neblina coral snake, cloud forest coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus oligoanellatus]]'' <small>[[species:Santiago Ayerbe-González|Ayerbe]] & [[species:Francisco José López-López|López]], 2002</small>
+*''[[Micrurus nigrocinctus]]'' <small>([[Charles Frédéric Girard|Girard]], 1854)</small> – Central American coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus ornatissimus]]'' <small>(Jan, 1858)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus obscurus]]'' <small>(Jan, 1872)</small> – black-neck Amazonian coral snake, Bolivian coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus pacaraimae]]'' <small>[[Celso Morato de Carvalho|Morato de Carvalho]], 2002</small>
+*''[[Micrurus oligoanellatus]]'' <small>[[species:Santiago Ayerbe-González|Ayerbe]] & [[species:Francisco José López-López|López]], 2002</small> – Tambito's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus pachecogili]]'' <small>[[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell]], 2000</small>
+*''[[Micrurus ornatissimus]]'' <small>(Jan, 1858)</small> – ornate coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus paraensis]]'' <small>[[Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha|da Cunha]] & [[Francisco Paiva Nascimento|Nascimento]], 1973</small>
+*''[[Micrurus pacaraimae]]'' <small>[[species:Celso Morato de Carvalho|Morato de Carvalho]], 2002</small> – Pacaraima coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus peruvianus]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1936</small>
+*''[[Micrurus pachecogili]]'' <small>[[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell]], 2000</small> – Pueblan coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus petersi]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small>
+*''[[Micrurus paraensis]]'' <small>[[Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha|da Cunha]] & [[species:Francisco Paiva do Nascimento|Nascimento]], 1973</small> – Para coral snake
+*''[[Micrurus peruvianus]]'' <small>K. Schmidt, 1936</small> – Peru coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus potyguara]]'' <small>[[Matheus Godoy Pires|Pires]], [[Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr.|da Silva Jr.]], [[Darlan Tavares Feitosa|Feitosa]], [[Ana Lúcia da Costa-Prudente|Costa-Prudente]], [[Gentil Alves Pereira Filho|Pereira Filho]] & [[Hussam Zaher|Zaher]], 2014</small>
-*''[[Micrurus proximans]]'' <small>H.M. Smith & [[Peter S. Chrapliwy|Chrapliwy]], 1958</small>
+*''[[Micrurus petersi]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small> – mountain coral snake, Peters's coral snake
+*''[[Micrurus potyguara]]'' <small>[[species:Matheus G. Pires|Pires]], [[species:Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr.|da Silva Jr.]], [[species:Darlan Tavares Feitosa|Feitosa]], [[species:Ana Lúcia da Costa-Prudente|Costa-Prudente]], [[species:Gentil Alves Pereira Filho|Pereira Filho]] & [[species:Hussam Zaher|Zaher]], 2014</small> – Potyguara coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus psyches]]'' <small>([[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1803)</small>
-*''[[Micrurus putumayensis]]'' <small>[[Abdem Ramón Lancini Villalaz|Lancini]], 1962</small>
+*''[[Micrurus proximans]]'' <small>H.M. Smith & [[species:Peter Stanley Chrapliwy|Chrapliwy]], 1958</small> – Nayarit coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus pyrrhocryptus]]'' <small>(Cope, 1862)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus psyches]]'' <small>([[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1803)</small> – northern coral snake, Carib coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus remotus]]'' <small>Roze, 1987</small>
+*''[[Micrurus putumayensis]]'' <small>[[species:Abdem Ramón Lancini Villalaz|Lancini]], 1962</small> – Putumayo coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus renjifoi]]'' <small>([[William W. Lamar|Lamar]], 2003)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus pyrrhocryptus]]'' <small>(Cope, 1862)</small> – Argentinian coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus ruatanus]]'' <small>(Günther, 1895)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus remotus]]'' <small>Roze, 1987</small> – remote coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus sangilensis]]'' <small>[[Hermano Nicéforo Maria|Nicéforo Maria]], 1942</small>
+*''[[Micrurus renjifoi]]'' <small>([[species:William W. Lamar|Lamar]], 2003)</small> – Renjifo's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus scutiventris]]'' <small>(Cope, 1869)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus ruatanus]]'' <small>(Günther, 1895)</small> – Roatan coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus serranus]]'' <small>[[Michael Brown Harvey|Harvey]], [[James Aparicio|Aparicio]] & [[Lucindo González Álvarez|González]], 2003</small>
+*''[[Micrurus sangilensis]]'' <small>[[species:Hermano Nicéforo Maria|Nicéforo Maria]], 1942</small> – San Gil coral snake, Santander coral snake
+*''[[Micrurus scutiventris]]'' <small>(Cope, 1869)</small> – little black coral snake, pygmy black-backed coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus silviae]]'' <small>[[:fr:Marcos Di-Bernardo|Di-Bernardo]], [[Marcio Borges-Martins|Borges-Martins]] & Da Silva, 2007</small>
-*''[[Micrurus spixii]]'' <small>Wagler, 1824</small>
+*''[[Micrurus serranus]]'' <small>[[species:Michael B. Harvey|Harvey]], [[species:James Aparicio|Aparicio]] & [[species:Lucindo Gonzáles Álvarez|Gonzáles]], 2003</small>
-*''[[Micrurus spurrelli]]'' <small>(Boulenger, 1914)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus silviae]]'' <small>[[:fr:Marcos Di-Bernardo|Di-Bernardo]], [[species:Márcio Borges-Martins|Borges-Martins]] & da Silva Jr., 2007</small>
-*''[[Micrurus steindachneri]]'' <small>(F. Werner, 1901)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus spixii]]'' <small>Wagler, 1824</small> – Amazon coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus stewarti]]'' <small>[[Thomas Barbour|Barbour]] & Amaral, 1928</small>
+*''[[Micrurus spurrelli]]'' <small>(Boulenger, 1914)</small> – butterfly-head coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus stuarti]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small>
+*''[[Micrurus steindachneri]]'' <small>(F. Werner, 1901)</small> – piedmont coral snake, Steindachner's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus surinamensis]]'' <small>([[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1817)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus stewarti]]'' <small>[[Thomas Barbour|Barbour]] & Amaral, 1928</small> – Panamanian coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus tener]]'' <small>[[Spencer Fullerton Baird|Baird]] & Girard, 1853</small>
+*''[[Micrurus stuarti]]'' <small>Roze, 1967</small> – Stuart's coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus tikuna]]'' <small>Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015</small>
+*''[[Micrurus surinamensis]]'' <small>([[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1817)</small> – aquatic coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus tricolor]]'' <small>(Hoge, 1956)</small>
+*''[[Micrurus tener]]'' <small>[[Spencer Fullerton Baird|Baird]] & Girard, 1853</small> – Texas coral snake
-*''[[Micrurus tschudii]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small>
+*''[[Micrurus tikuna]]'' <small>Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015 – Tikuna coral snake</small>
+*''[[Micrurus tricolor]]'' <small>(Hoge, 1956)</small> – Pantanal coral snake
+*''[[Micrurus tschudii]]'' <small>Jan, 1858</small> – desert coral snake
 ''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Micrurus''.
 ==Reproduction==
-All species of ''Micrurus'' are [[Oviparity|oviparous]] (egg-laying).<ref>[[Hobart Muir Smith|Smith HM]], [[species:Edmund Darrell Brodie Jr.|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).</ref>
+All species of ''Micrurus'' are [[oviparous]] (egg-laying).<ref>[[Hobart Muir Smith|Smith HM]], [[species:Edmund Darrell Brodie Jr.|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).</ref>
 ==References==