Micrurus

{{Short description|Genus of reptiles}}

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| image = Micrurus fulviusHolbrookV3P10AA.jpg

| image_caption = Micrurus fulvius

| taxon = Micrurus

| authority = Wagler, 1824

| type_species = Coluber fulvius

| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1766

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Micrurus is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae.{{EMBL genus|genus=Micrurus}}

Geographic range

Species in the genus Micrurus are endemic to the Americas.Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. {{ISBN|0-7167-0020-4}}. (Genus Micrurus, p. 331).

Species

The following 82 species are recognized as being valid.

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

Reproduction

All species of Micrurus are oviparous (egg-laying).Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. {{ISBN|0-307-13666-3}}. (Genus Micrurus, p. 196).

References

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Further reading

  • Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing. 340 pp. {{ISBN|978-0894648472}}.

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Category:Snake genera

Category:Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler