Micrurus carvalhoi ROZE, 1967
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Micrurus carvalhoi
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Brazilian ribbon coral snake |
| Synonym | Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi ROZE 1967: 33 Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 212 Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi — WELCH 1994: 85 Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi — BARRIO-AMOROS et al. 2003 Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi — FROTA et al. 2005 Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi — PIRES et al. 2014 Micrurus carvalhoi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 446 Micrurus carvalhoi — PIRES et al. 2021: 66 |
| Distribution | NE/C Brazil (Bahia, Alagoas, DF, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, São Paulo, Tocantins, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Corrientes), Paraguay (Amambay, Caaguazú) Type locality: "Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil". |
| Reproduction | oviparous. |
| Types | Holotype: USNM 76341, male, ZMB 2727 seems to be the iconotype from Seba 1734; paratypes: USNM, AMNH, FMNH, MCZ, MNRJ, NMW, CAS, SMF [carvalhoi] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Diagnosis. Micrurus carvalhoi can be distinguished from all other triadal species of Micrurus by the following combination of morphological characters: black snout (rostral, internasals, anterior border of prefrontals and nasals, and 1–2 supralabials); white preocular transverse band covers most of prefrontals, anterior border of supraoculars, posterior nasals, preoculars, and 2–3 supralabials; black cephalic cap includes frontal, supraoculars, and postoculars, anterior 2⁄3 of parietals, temporals, and 4–5 supralabials; head red, with or without black tipped scales; gulars red, with mental and some or most of infralabials black, in a horseshoe-shaped pattern; 1st triad separated from parietals by 3–4 scales; middle black ring longer or same length as outer ones; white rings shorter than outer black rings; red rings shorter that entire triad or even middle black ring; red and white rings usually with black-tipped scales (Fig. 43); and 7–18 body triads and 1⁄3–2 tail triads (Pires et al. 2021: 67). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 3541 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: For a discussion of nomenclatural and historical issues, see Pires et al. 2021. Venomous! Sympatry: M. ibiboboca and others. Similar species: M. lemniscatus, M. ibiboboca, M. potyguara, possibly others. |
| Etymology | Named after the Brazilian herpetologist, Antenor Leitäo de Carvalho, "whose friendly cooperation is weIl known and appreciated within and outside Brazil," as is stated in the original description. |
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