Micrurus brasiliensis ROZE, 1967
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Micrurus brasiliensis
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Brazilian short-tailed coral snake Portuguese: Cobra-Coral, Coral, Coral-Verdadeira, Cobra-Coral-do-Leste |
| Synonym | Micrurus frontalis brasiliensis ROZE 1967 Micrurus frontalis brasiliensis — ROZE 1994 Micrurus frontalis brasiliensis — ROZE 1996: 174 Micrurus brasiliensis — DA SILVA & SITES 1999: 165 Micrurus brasiliensis — VITT et al. 2002 Micrurus brasiliensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 443 Micrurus brasiliensis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Goias, Maranhão, Tocantins) Type locality: Barreiras, Bahia, Brazil |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 108880, a male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Micrurus brasiliensis is a triadal coralsnake with a white snout including the anterior border of the frontal and supraocular scales reaching 3-4 anterior supralabials. All scales show some degree of black markings. The head is mostly red with the posterior part of the frontal and supraoculars black (Figs. 20-21). The anterior part and along the medial suture of the parietals is black with varying reduction of the black posteriorly. This is a fixed character of this taxon. All red scales are mostly immaculate. Inferiorly, the chin is white (mental and first 2 infralabials) sometimes with irregular black markings. The remainder is red with or without black markings. The triads are also unique. The white rings are of the same length or slightly longer than any of the black rings (Table 2). The red rings are usually immaculate and the white rings are only mildly black-tipped. Triads range from 11 to 14 (Table 1, from from Silva & Sites 1999: 165). |
| Comment | Venomous! |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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