Micrurus
Micrurus is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae.Geographic range
in the genus Micrurus are endemic to the Americas.Species
The following 80 species are recognized as being valid.
- Micrurus albicinctus Amaral, 1925
- Micrurus alleni Schmidt, 1936
- Micrurus altirostris
- Micrurus ancoralis Jan, 1872
- Micrurus annellatus W. Peters, 1871
- Micrurus averyi Schmidt, 1939
- Micrurus baliocoryphus
- Micrurus bernadi
- Micrurus bocourti
- Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967
- Micrurus boicora
- Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967
- Micrurus browni Schmidt & H.M. Smith, 1943
- Micrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003
- Micrurus circinalis
- Micrurus clarki Schmidt, 1936
- Micrurus collaris
- Micrurus corallinus
- Micrurus decoratus
- Micrurus diana Roze, 1983
- Micrurus diastema
- Micrurus dissoleucus Cope, 1860
- Micrurus distans Kennicott, 1860
- Micrurus diutius
- Micrurus dumerilii Jan, 1858
- Micrurus elegans Jan, 1858
- Micrurus ephippifer
- Micrurus filiformis
- Micrurus frontalis A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
- Micrurus fulvius
- Micrurus hemprichii
- Micrurus hippocrepis
- Micrurus ibiboboca
- Micrurus isozonus
- Micrurus langsdorffi
- Micrurus laticollaris W. Peters, 1870
- Micrurus latifasciatus Schmidt, 1933
- Micrurus lemniscatus
- Micrurus limbatus Fraser, 1964
- Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967
- Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967
- Micrurus meridensis Roze, 1989
- Micrurus mertensi Schmidt, 1936
- Micrurus mipartitus
- Micrurus mosquitensis Schmidt, 1933
- Micrurus multifasciatus Jan, 1858
- Micrurus multiscutatus :fr:Hialmar Rendahl|Rendahl & Vestergren, 1941
- Micrurus narduccii
- Micrurus nattereri Schmidt, 1952
- Micrurus nebularis Roze, 1989
- Micrurus nigrocinctus
- Micrurus obscurus
- Micrurus oligoanellatus Ayerbe & López, 2002
- Micrurus ornatissimus
- Micrurus pacaraimae Morato de Carvalho, 2002
- Micrurus pachecogili Campbell, 2000
- Micrurus paraensis da Cunha & Nascimento, 1973
- Micrurus peruvianus Schmidt, 1936
- Micrurus petersi Roze, 1967
- Micrurus potyguara Pires, da Silva Jr., Feitosa, Costa-Prudente, Pereira Filho & Zaher, 2014
- Micrurus proximans H.M. Smith & Chrapliwy, 1958
- Micrurus psyches
- Micrurus putumayensis Lancini, 1962
- Micrurus pyrrhocryptus
- Micrurus remotus Roze, 1987
- Micrurus renjifoi
- Micrurus ruatanus
- Micrurus sangilensis Nicéforo Maria, 1942
- Micrurus scutiventris
- Micrurus serranus Harvey, Aparicio & González, 2003
- Micrurus silviae :fr:Marcos Di-Bernardo|Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins & Da Silva, 2007
- Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824
- Micrurus spurrelli
- Micrurus steindachneri
- Micrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928
- Micrurus stuarti Roze, 1967
- Micrurus surinamensis
- Micrurus tener Baird & Girard, 1853
- Micrurus tikuna Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015
- Micrurus tricolor
- Micrurus tschudii Jan, 1858
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus.Reproduction
All species of Micrurus are oviparous.
