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Micrurus ibiboboca (MERREM, 1820)

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ibiboboca, Caatinga Coral Snake
Portuguese: Cobra-Corá, Cobra-Coral, Cobra-de-Coral, Coral, Coral-Verdadeira, Ibiboboca 
SynonymElaps ibiboboca MERREM 1820: 142
Elaps marcgravii WIED-NEUWIED 1820
Elaps Marcgravi — BOETTGER 1885: 239
Elaps marcgravei — BOETTGER 1894: 119
Elaps marcgravei — KOSLOWSKY 1895: 369
Elaps marcgravii — WERNER 1901: 11
Elaps gravenhorstii BOULENGER 1896
Elaps macgravii BOULENGER 1896
Micrurus ibiboboca — AMARAL 1925
Micrurus lemniscatus ibiboboca — HOGE 1952
Micrurus ibiboca — MERTENS 1956: 546 (in error)
Micrurus ibiboboca — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 1989: 120
Micrurus ibiboboca — ROZE 1996: 183
Micrurus ibiboboca — LAMBERTZ 2010
Micrurus ibiboboca — WALLACH et al. 2014: 447
Micrurus ibiboboca — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Micrurus ibiboboca — NASCIMENTO et al. 2024: 12 
DistributionE Brazil (South of the Amazon, Bahia, Sergipe, S Ceará, Alagoas, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Sergipe, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Minas Gerais).

Type locality: Brazil; emended to mouth of Río Belmonte, Bahia Province, Brazil fide Wied-Neuwied [currently known as Rio Jequitinhonha (15°51'38.0ʺS, 38°53'21.9ʺW)]
 
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: AMNH 3937, a male from "Brazil," obtained by Wied-Neuwied, later specified by Wied-Neuwied (1825) as "mouth of Rio Belmonte" (= State of Bahia, Brazil), currently known as Rio Jequitinhonha (15° 51’ 38.0ʺS, 38° 53’ 21.9ʺW) (Vanzolini & Myers, 2015; Silva et al., 2021, Roze, 1966b) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (5469 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous!

Synonymy: Mertens 1956b used “ibiboca” as a group name in italics, although it is usually a vernacular local name.

Distribution: Not on the Guiana Shield according to MacCulloch & LATHROP (2004). Reports from Guiana and Suriname are based on misidentifications. See map in Nascimento et al. 2024 for an updated map after they have split off 3 populations as separate species. 
EtymologyIbiboboca is the indigenous name given to this species in Brazil; it is not of Portuguese origin. 
References
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