Micrurus hemprichii

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Micrurus hemprichii

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[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[2]
  • Elaps hemprichii
    Jan, 1858
  • Micrurus hemprichii
    —
    Amaral
    , 1929

Micrurus hemprichii, commonly known as Hemprich's 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.[1][2]

Etymology

The specific name, hemprichii, is in honor of German naturalist Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich.[3]

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.[1]

Diet

Hemprich's coral snake feeds heavily on

amphisbaenids.[1]

Geographic range

M. hemprichii is found in the upper

Guiana Highlands, and upper Orinoco Basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana,Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.[1][2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]

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

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

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T15202882A15202891.en
    . Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Micrurus hemprichii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2016.
  3. 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 Biologica 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).
  • ISBN 0-87666-912-7
    . (Micrurus hemprichii, p. 115).
  • Jan [G] (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 [Series 2] 10: 438-449, 514–527. (Elaps hemprichii, new species, pp. 523–524). (in French).
  • Schmidt KP (1953). "Hemprich's Coral Snake Micrurus hemprichi [sic]". Fieldiana Zool. 34 (13): 165-170. (Micrurus hemprichi [sic] ortoni, new subspecies, pp. 166–168).

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