Micrurus pyrrhocryptus

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

Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Micrurus
Species: Micrurus pyrrhocryptus

Name

• Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862)

Holotype: ANSP 5395, collected by T.J. Paige.

Type locality: not cited, designated to “Vermejo River, Argentine Chaco” by Schmidt (1936: 199), corrected to “Río Bermejo, Chaco, Argentina” by Scrocchi (1990: 359).

Combinations

• Elaps pyrrhocryptus Cope, 1862: 347 [original combination]
• Micrurus pyrrhocryptus — Schmidt, 1936: 199 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1862. Catalogue of the Reptiles obtained during the Explorations of the Parana, Paraguay, Vermejo and Uraguay Rivers, by Capt. Thos. J. Page, U. S. N.; and of those procured by Lieut. N. Michler, U. S. Top. Eng., Commander of the Expedition conducting the Survey of the Atrato River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 346–359. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrurus pyrrhocryptus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 September 2018.
• Scott, N., Montero, R., Carreira, S. & Cacciali, P. 2017. IUCN: Micrurus pyrrhocryptus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T174108A55928697. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T174108A55928697.en

Vernacular names

English: Argentinian Coral Snake