Micrurus tschudii

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| image = Mtschudii.jpg

| image_caption = Micrurus tschudii olssoni from Northern Peru

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. |author2=Valencia, J. |author3=Venegas, P. |year=2020 |title=Micrurus tschudii |volume=2020 |page=e.T50951949A50951961 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T50951949A50951961.en |access-date=28 August 2023}}

| genus = Micrurus

| species = tschudii

| authority = Jan, 1858

| range_map = Micrurus tschudii Map.jpg

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Micrurus tschudii, the desert coral snake, is a species of snake of the family Elapidae.{{cite web |title=Micrurus tschudii|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Micrurus&species=tschudii|website=The Reptile Database |access-date=10 December 2021}}

The snakes are found in Ecuador and Peru.

The species is named in honour of Johann Jakob von Tschudi.{{Cite journal |last1=Sanz |first1=Libia |last2=Pla |first2=Davinia |last3=Pérez |first3=Alicia |last4=Rodríguez |first4=Yania |last5=Zavaleta |first5=Alfonso |last6=Salas |first6=Maria |last7=Lomonte |first7=Bruno |last8=Calvete |first8=Juan J. |date= 2016|title=Venomic Analysis of the Poorly Studied Desert Coral Snake, Micrurus tschudii tschudii, Supports the 3FTx/PLA2 Dichotomy across Micrurus Venoms |journal=Toxins |language=en |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=178 |doi=10.3390/toxins8060178 |issn=2072-6651 |doi-access=free |pmid=27338473 |pmc=4926144 }} There are two subspecies: M. t. tschudii and M. t. olssoni.{{Cite book |last1=Bücherl |first1=Wolfgang |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3SrLBAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Micrurus+tschudii%22&pg=PA238 |title=Venomous Animals and Their Venoms: Venomous Vertebrates |last2=Buckley |first2=Eleanor E. |date=2013-09-17 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-1-4832-6288-8 |language=en}}

M. t. tschudii are fairly small, with adults usually growing between 45 and 55 centimetres in length. They are known to prey on lizards and colubrid snakes.