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Micrurus hemprichii

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Species of snake

Orange-banded coral snake
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. hemprichii
Binomial name
Micrurus hemprichii
(Jan, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Elaps hemprichii
    Jan, 1858
  • Micrurus hemprichii
    — Amaral, 1929

Micrurus hemprichii, commonly known as Hemprich's coral snake, Orange-banded coral snake and the worm-eating coral snake, is a species of venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, hemprichii, is in honor of German naturalist Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich.

Habitat

Hemprich's coral snake occurs in forests at elevations below 1,000 m (3,300 ft), including lower montane wet forest, gallery forest, and primary and secondary rain forest. It is a cryptic species living in leaf litter of the forest floor.

Diet

Hemprich's coral snake feeds heavily on velvet worms, but also on small snakes and amphisbaenids.

Geographic range

M. hemprichii is found in the upper Amazon Basin, Guiana Highlands, and upper Orinoco Basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana,Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid.

  • Micrurus hemprichii hemprichii (Jan, 1858)
  • Micrurus hemprichii ortoni Schmidt, 1953

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus.

References

  1. ^ Ines Hladki, A.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N.; Valencia, J.; Gagliardi, G.; Catenazzi, A.; Nogueira, C.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Micrurus hemprichii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15202882A15202891. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T15202882A15202891.en. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ Micrurus hemprichii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2016.
  3. 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 hemprichii, pp. 120).
  4. Monge Nájera J, Barrientos Z, Aguilar F (1993). "Behavior of Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora: Peripatidae) under laboratory conditions". Revista de Biología Tropical. 41 (3): 689–696.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Elaps hemprichii, p. 421).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Micrurus hemprichii, p. 115).
  • Jan (1858). "Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens et Description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents ". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Paris, 2e Série 10: 438-449, 514–527. (Elaps hemprichii, new species, pp. 523–524). (in French).
  • Schmidt KP (1953). "Hemprich's Coral Snake Micrurus hemprichi ". Fieldiana Zool. 34 (13): 165-170. (Micrurus hemprichi ortoni, new subspecies, pp. 166–168).

External links

Taxon identifiers
Micrurus hemprichii
Elaps hemprichii
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