Taxonomy Profile: Micrurus (Wagler 1824)

Micrurus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Leptomicrurus
K P Schmidt 1937
Common Name(s):
American Coral Snakes []
American Coralsnakes []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Micrurus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Elapidae
Cobras |
Coral Snakes |
Elapids |
Kraits |
Coralsnakes |
Subfamily : Elapinae
Genus : Micrurus
American Coral Snakes |
American Coralsnakes |
Micrurus Direct Children(s):
Micrurus fulvius
(Linnaeus 1766)
Micrurus bogerti
(Roze 1967)
Micrurus browni
(K P Schmidt and H M Smith 1943)
Micrurus diastema
(A M C Duméril Bibron and A H A Duméril 1854)
Micrurus distans
(Kennicott 1860)
Micrurus elegans
(Jan 1858)
Micrurus ephippifer
(Cope 1886)
Micrurus laticollaris
(W C H Peters 1870)
Micrurus latifasciatus
(K P Schmidt 1933)
Micrurus limbatus
(Fraser 1964)
Micrurus nebularis
(Roze 1989)
Micrurus nigrocinctus
(Girard 1854)
Micrurus proximans
(H M Smith and Chrapliwy 1958)
Micrurus tener
(Baird and Girard 1853)
Micrurus albicinctus
(Amaral 1925)
Micrurus alleni
(K P Schmidt 1936)
Micrurus ancoralis
(Jan in Jan and Sordelli 1872)
Micrurus annellatus
(W C H Peters 1871)
Micrurus averyi
(K P Schmidt 1939)
Micrurus bernadi
(Cope 1887)
Micrurus bocourti
(Jan in Jan and Sordelli 1872)
Micrurus circinalis
(A M C Duméril Bibron and A H A Duméril 1854)
Micrurus clarki
(K P Schmidt 1936)
Micrurus corallinus
(Merrem 1820)
Micrurus decoratus
(Jan 1858)
Micrurus diana
(Roze 1983)
Micrurus dumerilii
(Jan 1858)
Micrurus filiformis
(Günther 1859)
Micrurus frontalis
(A M C Duméril Bibron and A H A Duméril 1854)
Micrurus hippocrepis
(W C H Peters 1862)
Micrurus ibiboboca
(Merrem 1820)
Micrurus isozonus
(Cope 1860)
Micrurus langsdorffi
(Wagler 1824)
Micrurus lemniscatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
Micrurus medemi
(Roze 1967)
Micrurus meridensis
(Roze 1989)
Micrurus mertensi
(K P Schmidt 1936)
Micrurus mipartitus
(A M C Duméril Bibron and A H A Duméril 1854)
Micrurus multiscutatus
(Rendahl and Vestergreen 1940)
Micrurus paraensis
(Cunha and Nascimento 1973)
Micrurus peruvianus
(K P Schmidt 1936)
Micrurus petersi
(Roze 1967)
Micrurus psyches
(Daudin 1803)
Micrurus putumayensis
(Lancini 1962)
Micrurus remotus
(Roze 1987)
Micrurus ruatanus
(Günther 1895)
Micrurus sangilensis
(Nicéforo-María 1942)
Micrurus spixii
(Wagler 1824)
Micrurus steindachneri
(Werner 1901)
Micrurus stewarti
(Barbour and Amaral 1928)
Micrurus stuarti
(Roze 1967)
Micrurus surinamensis
(Cuvier 1817)
Micrurus tschudii
(Jan 1858)
Micrurus pacaraimae
(Morato de Carvalho 2002)
Micrurus pachecogili
(Campbell 2000)
Micrurus camilae
(Renjifo and Lundberg 2003)
Micrurus oligoanellatus
(Ayerbe González and López López 2002)
Micrurus serranus
(Harvey Aparicio and González 2003)
Micrurus nattereri
(K P Schmidt 1952)
Micrurus mosquitensis
(K P Schmidt 1933)
Micrurus obscurus
(Jan in Jan and Sordelli 1872)
Micrurus silviae
(Di Bernardo Borges-Martins and Da Silva 2007)
Micrurus tikuna
(Feitosa da Silve Jr Pires Zaher and Costa-Prudente 2015)
Micrurus potyguara
(Pires da Silva Jr Feitosa da Costa-Prudente Preir-Filho and Zaher 2014)
Micrurus collaris
(Schlegel 1837)
Micrurus narduccii
(Jan 1863)
Micrurus renjifoi
(Lamar 2003)
Micrurus spurrelli
(Boulenger 1914)
Micrurus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Micrurus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Micrurus
Source:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad
Acquired:
2000-10-07
Notes:
CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)
Reference for:
Micrurus
Source:
Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined
Acquired:
2004-08-17
Notes:
Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
Reference for:
Micrurus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Micrurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-29 / 1993-01-29
Article/Chapter Title:
Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17
Page(s):
iv + 73
Publisher:
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Publication Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-911239-42-1/
Notes:
Reference for:
Micrurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Golay, P., et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Endoglyphs and Other Major Venomous Snakes of the World: A Checklist
Page(s):
v + 478
Publisher:
AZEMIOPS S.A., Herpetological Data Center
Publication Place:
Aire-Geneva, Switzerland
ISBN/ISSN:
2-940077-00-2/
Notes:
Reference for:
Micrurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
David, Patrick, and Ivan Ineich
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-01-01 / 1999-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Les serpents venimeux du monde: systematique et repartition
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Dumerilia, vol. 3
Page(s):
3-499
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1256-7779
Notes:
Reference for:
Micrurus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wallach, Van, Kenneth L. Williams, and Jeff Boundy
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2014-01-01 / 2014-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snakes of the World. A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species
Page(s):
1209
Publisher:
CRC Press
Publication Place:
Boca Raton, Florida, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
978-1-4822-08474/
Notes:
Reference for:
Micrurus
Micrurus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Micrurus: Comments
Comment:
Snake genus Micrurus Wagler, 1824 (TSN 174353) is a senior homonym of mammal genus Micrurus Forsyth Major, 1877 (TSN 970322)