Micrurus baliocoryphus

Micrurus baliocoryphus

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 baliocoryphus

Name

• Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1860)

Holotype: ANSP 6842, ♂.

Type locality: “Buenos Ayres”, restricted to “Villa Federal, Entre Ríos, Argentina” by Roze (1983: 324).

Combinations

• Elaps baliocoryphus Cope, 1860: 346 [original combination]
• Micrurus frontalis baliocoryphus — Hoge & Romano, 1979: 396 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Micrurus baliocoryphus — Silva Jr. & Sites, 1999: 146, 156 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

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. 
• Hoge, A.R. & Romano, S.A.R.W.L. 1979. Sinopse das serpentes peconhentas do Brasil. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 42/43: 373–493.
• Silva, Jr., N.J. & Sites, Jr., J.W. 1999. Revision of the Micrurus frontalis complex (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetological Monographs 13: 142–194. DOI: 10.2307/1467062 JSTOR

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrurus baliocoryphus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 May 2018.
• Cacciali, P., Carreira, S., Giraudo, A., Kacoliris, F., Montero, R., Pelegrin, N., Scott, N. & Tognelli, M. 2016. IUCN: Micrurus baliocoryphus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T56040327A56040340. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T56040327A56040340.en

Vernacular names

English: Mesopotamian Coral Snake