Micrurus ibiboboca

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 ibiboboca

Name

• Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820)

Holotype: AMNH 3937, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Brasilia [=Brazil]”, specified to “mouth of Rio Belmonte”, Bahia state, Brazil by Wied-Neuwied (1825).

Combinations

• Elaps ibiboboca Merrem, 1820: BHL [original combination]
• Micrurus ibiboboca — Amaral, 1925 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Elaps marcgravii Wied-Neuwied, 1820: 109

Holotype: AMNH 3937, adult ♂.

Type locality: “mouth of Rio Belmonte”, Bahia state, Brazil.

References

Primary references

• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Wied-Neuwied, M. 1820. Vber die Cobra Coral oder Cobra Coraes der Brasilianer. Nova acta physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosum 10: 107–110. BHL
• Roze, J.A. 1966. On the synonymy and type specimens of the coral snakes Micrurus corallinus and M. ibiboboca (marcgravii). Copeia 1966(2): 369–371. JSTOR

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrurus ibiboboca. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 November 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Caatinga Coral Snake