Micruroides euryxanthus

Micruroides euryxanthus

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: Micruroides
Species: Micruroides euryxanthus
Subspecies (3): M. e. australis – M. e. euryxanthus – M. e. neglectus

Name

• Micruroides euryxanthus (Kennicott, 1860)

Holotype: USNM 1122, adult ♂.

Type locality: not given, but the National Museum of Natural History records show its provenience as “Sonora, Mexico”, fide Roze (1974: 163).

Combinations

• Elaps euryxanthus Kennicott, 1860: 337 [original combination]
• Micrurus euryxanthus — Stejneger & Barbour, 1917: 106 [subsequent combination]
• Micruroides euryxanthus — Schmidt, 1928: 63 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Stejneger, L. & Barbour, T. 1917. A checklist of North American amphibians and reptiles. Harvard University Press: Cambridge. 125 pp. BHL
• Schmidt, K.P. 1928. Notes on American coral snakes. Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America 2(3): 63–64.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micruroides euryxanthus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2018.
• Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. & Gadsden, H. 2007. IUCN: Micruroides euryxanthus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64017A12736062. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64017A12736062.en

Vernacular names

English: Western Coral Snake

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