Micrurus multiscutatus

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 multiscutatus

Name

Micrurus multiscutatus Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940: 9

• Holotype: NHR 3131A, ♀, collected by K. von Sneidern in 1937.
• Type locality: “Colombia, Cauca, El Tambo. A village situated 20 km west of Popayan on the eastern slopes of the western Cordilleras at an altitude of 1745 m and on the watershed between the Rio Cauca and the Rio Patia”.

References

Primary references

• Rendahl, H. & Vestergren, G. 1940. Notes on Colombian snakes. Arkiv för Zoologi 33A(1): 1–16. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrurus multiscutatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 February 2020.
• Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Bolívar, W., Lamar, W. & Velasco, J. 2015. IUCN: Micrurus multiscutatus  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T174106A44947559. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T174106A44947559.en. Accessed on 08 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Cauca Coral Snake