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Micrurus corallinus (Painted Coral Snake)

Synonyms: Elaps corallinus (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Micrurus corallinus is a species of venomous elapid snake native to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. There are no recognized subspecies.
View Wikipedia Record: Micrurus corallinus

Attributes

Gestation [1]  86 days
Litter Size [1]  7
Venomous [2]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Alta Paraná Atlantic forests Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Araucaria moist forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Bahia coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Pernambuco coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Serra do Mar coastal forests Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Yes

Prey / Diet

Amerotyphlops brongersmianus (Brongersma's Worm Snake)[3]
Amphisbaena dubia (Uncertain Worm Lizard)[3]
Amphisbaena roberti (Robert's Worm Lizard)[3]
Leposternon wuchereri (Wucherer's Worm Lizard)[3]
Xenodon neuwiedii (Neuwied's False Fer-de-lance)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Venomous snakes and antivenoms search interface, World Health Organization
♦ 3DIET AND FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF THE CORAL SNAKE, MICRURUS CORALLINUS, FROM THE ATLANTIC FOREST OF BRAZIL, Otavio A. V. Marques, Ivan Sazima, Herpetological Natural History, 5(1), 1997, pages 88-93
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0