Micrurus fulvius

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Micrurus
Species:

Micrurus fulvius (Linnaeus, 1766)

• Holotype: unknown, probably lost fide Roze (1996: 177).
• Type locality: “Carolina”, restricted to “Charleston, South Carolina” by Schmidt (1953).

• Coluber fulvius Linnaeus, 1766: 381 [original combination]
• Elaps fulvius — Fitzinger, 1826: 61 [subsequent combination]
• Vipera fulvia — Harlan, 1827: 364 [subsequent combination]
• Micrurus fulvius — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917: 106 [subsequent combination]

• Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1–532. BHL Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Micrurus fulvius. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 June 2020.
• Hammerson, G.A. 2007. IUCN: Micrurus fulvius  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64025A12737582. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64025A12737582.en
• Micrurus fulvius – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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