| Bogert's coral snake | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Micrurus |
| Species: | M. bogerti |
| Binomial name | |
| Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967 | |
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Bogert's coral snake (Micrurus bogerti), also known commonly as the coastal coral snake and el coralillo costanero in Mexican Spanish, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to southern Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, bogerti, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert.[2]
Geographic range
Micrurus bogerti is endemic to the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where it is found on the Pacific coast, ranging from Puerto Ángel to San Pedro Tapanatepec.[1]
Habitat
Known only from a few specimens from four localities, Micrurus bogerti is found in tropical deciduous forest, dry coastal forest, and scrub forest, at elevations from sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft).[1]
Description
Micrurus bogerti has a black snout, followed by a yellow parietal band, followed by a black nuchal band. The body is red with 16–19 black rings. The black rings, which are narrower than the red spaces between them, are edged with yellow or white rings which are even narrower. The red spaces are 6–8 dorsal scales wide; the black rings, 3–4 dorsals; and the yellow or white rings, 1–2 dorsals.[3]
M. bogerti is medium-sized for its genus. Adults usually have a total length (tail included) of 38–60 cm (15–24 in), and the maximum recorded total length is 77 cm (30 in). Males do not have supra-anal tubercles.[4]
Reproduction
Conservation status
No conservation measures are known, but Micrurus bogerti is protected by Mexican law.[1]
Taxonomy
There are no recognized subspecies of Micrurus bogerti.[5]
References
- Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Micrurus bogerti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007 e.T64019A12736606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64019A12736606.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrurus bogerti, p. 30).
- Species Micrurus bogerti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Roze, J.A. (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89464-847-0. xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. (Micrurus bogert, p. 146 + Map 9 + Pattern 6).
- "Micrurus bogerti ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
Further reading
- Campbell JA, Lamar WW (1989). The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. xiv + 430 pp., 568 figures, 109 distribution maps, 31 tables. ISBN 0-8014-2059-8.
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
- Liner EA (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of México". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 80: 1–60. (Micrurus bogert, p. 53).
- Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62.
- Roze, Jánis A. (1967). " A Check List of the New World Venomous Coral Snakes (Elapidae), with Descriptions of New Forms". American Museum Novitates (2287): 1–60. (Micrurus bogerti, new species, pp. 9–11, Figure 3).