Micrurus dissoleucus
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Micrurus
Species:
Subspecies (4): M. d. dissoleucus – M. d. dunni – M. d. melanogenys – M. d. nigrirostris
Name
- Micrurus dissoleucus (Cope, 1860)
Holotype: ANSP 6781, ♀.
Type locality: “Venezuela”, restricted to “Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela” by Roze (1955: 479).
Combinations
- Elaps dissoleucus Cope, 1860: 345 [original combination]
- Micrurus dissoleucus — Amaral, 1925: 18 [subsequent combination]
References
Primary references
- Cope, E.D. [1859] 1860. Catalogue of the venomous serpents in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes on the families, genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 332–347. BHL Reference page.
- Amaral, A. do 1925. South American snakes in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 67(24): 1–30. BHL
Links
- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Micrurus dissoleucus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 May 2018.
- Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Stafford, P., McCranie, J.R., Renjifo, J., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Caicedo, J. & Rivas, G. 2015. IUCN: Micrurus dissoleucus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T177541A1492439. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T177541A1492439.en
Vernacular names
- English: Pygmy Coral Snake