| Oaxacan coral snake | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Micrurus |
| Species: | M. ephippifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Micrurus ephippifer (Cope, 1886) | |
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The Oaxacan coral snake (Micrurus ephippifer), also known commonly as the double black coral snake,[2] is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[1] There are two recognized subspecies.[3]
Local common names
Local common names in Mexican Spanish for Micrurus ephippifer include coralillo doble negro[2] and serpiente-coralillo oaxaqueña.[3]
Geographic distribution and habitat
Micrurus ephippifer occurs in tropical deciduous forest and pine-oak forest from near sea level to over 2,300 m (7,500 ft) on the Pacific versant of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, from central Oaxaca to the lowlands and foothills of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.[1]
Behavior
Micrurus ephippifer is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
- Micrurus ephippifer ephippifer (Cope, 1886)
- Micrurus ephippifer zapotectus Roze, 1989
References
- Flores-Villela, O.; Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Micrurus ephippifer ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN: e.T64024A12737423. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64024A12737423.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- Species Micrurus ephippifer at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- "Micrurus ephippifer ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
Further reading
- Cope, E.D. (1886). "Thirteenth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 23: 271–287. (Elaps ephippifer, new species, p. 281).
- Roze, J.A. (1989). "New Species and Subspecies of Coral Snakes, Genus Micrurus (Elapidae), with Notes on Type Specimens". American Museum Novitates (2932): 1–15. (Micrurus ephippifer zapotecus, new subspecies, pp. 11–14, Figures 6–7, Map 1).
- 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 ephippifer, pp. 169–170, Figure 57 + Map 17 + Color 21).