Micrurus remotus

Taxonavigation edit

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

Holotype: USNM 266100, ♂.

Type locality: “Base camp of Cerra de la Neblina, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela.”

Micrurus psyches remotus Roze, 1987 [original combination, as subspecies]
Micrurus remotus — Roze, 1994: 180 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Roze, J.A. 1987. Summary of coral snakes (Elapidae) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela, with description of a new subspecies. Revue française d’aquariologie, herpétologie 14: 109–112. Reference page.
Roze, J.A. 1994. Notes on taxonomy of venomous coral snakes (Elapidae) of South America. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 30(4): 177–185. BHL Reference page.