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Micrurus diastema

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Species of snake

Micrurus diastema
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Micrurus
Species: M. diastema
Binomial name
Micrurus diastema
(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Elaps diastema
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Micrurus diastema
    — Schmidt, 1933

Micrurus diastema, commonly known as the variable coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to southeastern Mexico and northern Central America. There are seven recognized subspecies.

Distribution and habitat

M. diastema occurs in tropical wet, moist, and dry forest from near sea level to 1,250 m (4,100 ft) in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.

Reproduction

M. diastema is oviparous.

Subspecies

There are seven subspecies which are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

  • Micrurus diastema affinis (Jan, 1858)
  • Micrurus diastema aglaeope (Cope, 1860)
  • Micrurus diastema alienus (F. Werner, 1903)
  • Micrurus diastema apiatus (Jan, 1858)
  • Micrurus diastema diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
  • Micrurus diastema macdougalli Roze, 1967
  • Micrurus diastema sapperi (F. Werner, 1903)

Etymology

The subspecific name, macdougalli, is in honor of naturalist species:Thomas Baillie MacDougall (1896–1973).

The subspecific name, sapperi, is in honor of German explorer Karl Theodor Sapper.

References

  1. ^ Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Lee, J.; Luque, I.; López-Luna, M.A.; Townsend, J.H. (2020). "Micrurus diastema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T64021A176644473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T64021A176644473.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Species Micrurus diastema at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Micrurus diastema ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  4. ^ 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 diastema macdougalli, p. 164; M. d. sapperi, p. 232).

Further reading

  • Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux (= General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7. Second Part. Containing the History of the Venomous Snakes). Paris: Roret. xii + pp. 781–1536. (Elaps diastema, new species, p. 1222). (in French).
  • Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
  • Schmidt KP (1933). "Preliminary Account of the Coral Snakes of Central America and Mexico". Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 20 (6): 29-40. (Micrurus diastema, new combination, pp. 38–39).
Taxon identifiers
Micrurus diastema
Elaps diastema
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