Micrurus tener

Micrurus tener

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 tener
Subspecies (5): M. t. fitzingeri – M. t. maculatus – M. t. microgalbineus – M. t. tamaulipensis – M. t. tener

Name

Micrurus tener (Baird & Girard, 1853)

• Lectotype: USNM 1119, adult ♀, collected by J.H. Clark [U.S. Mex. Boundary Survey] between 1850–1852 via J.D. Graham. [designated by Roze & Tilger (1983: 316).
• Type locality: “San Pedro of Rio Grande” and “New Braunsfels, Texas”, restricted by lectotype designation to “San Pedro of Rio Grande”, Cameron County, Texas, by Roze & Tilger (1983: 316.2).

Combinations

• Elaps tenere Baird & Girard, 1853: 22 [original combination]
• Elaps fulvius tenere — Cope, 1875: 34 [subsequent designation]
• Micrurus fulvius tenere — Schmidt, 1933: 40 [subsequent designation]
• Micrurus tener — Collins, 1991: 43 [subsequent designation]

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrurus tener. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 February 2020.
• Hammerson, G.A., Lavin, P. & Mendoza Quijano, F. 2007. IUCN: Micrurus tener  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64033A12738512. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64033A12738512.en

Vernacular names

English: Texas Coral Snake

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