Micrurus distans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Micrurus distans (Kennicott, 1860)

Elaps distans Kennicott, 1860: 338 [original combination]
Micrurus diastema distans — Schmidt, 1933: 39 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Micrurus distans — Zweifel, 1959: 9 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Kennicott, R. 1860. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 328–338. BHL Reference page.
Schmidt, K.P. 1933. Preliminary account of the coral snakes of Central America and Mexico. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 20: 29–40. BHL
Zweifel, R.G. 1959. Additions to the herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1953: 1–13. handle.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrurus distans. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2018.
Ponce-Campos, P., García Aguayo, A., Vazquez Díaz, J. & Quintero Díaz, G.E. 2007. IUCN: Micrurus distans (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64022A12737102. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64022A12737102.en

English: West Mexican Coral Snake