Micrurus ornatissimus

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Gagliardi, G. |author2=Gonzales, L. |author3=Valencia, J. |year=2017 |title=Micrurus ornatissimus |volume=2017 |page=e.T44582007A44582012 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44582007A44582012.en |access-date=26 August 2023}}

| genus = Micrurus

| species = ornatissimus

| authority = (Jan, 1858)

| range_map = Micrurus ornatissimus Map.jpg

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Micrurus ornatissimus, the ornate coral snake, is a species of coral snake in the family Elapidae. Specimens have been identified in the Andean regions of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru. "Ornatissimus" is Latin for "very ornate".https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Micrurus&species=ornatissimus RD