Micrurus sangilensis NICEFORO MARIA, 1942

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: San Gil coral snake, Santander Coral Snake
Synonym	Micrurus ecuadorianus sangilensis NICEFORO MARIA 1942 Micrurus ecuadorianus sangilensis — SCHMIDT 1955 Micrurus sangilensis — WELCH 1994: 89 Micrurus sangilensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 453
Distribution	Colombia (Santander, Cundinamarca) Type locality: San Gil, Santander, Colombia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCG 2-A, a 545 mm male (R.H. Silvano-Jorge, Aug. 1937).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A coral snake with black pileus, with the black bands in triads, with the nuchal band the middle band of the first triad, and without supra-anal tubercles in the adult male [fide SCHMIDT 1955].
Comment	Venomous!
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca Niceforo-MARIA, Hno. 1942. Los ofidios de Colombia. Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exactas Fis. Nat. 5: 84-101 Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp. Schmidt, Karl P. 1955. Coral snakes of the genus Micrurus in Colombia. Fieldiana Zoology 34 (34): 337-359 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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