Micrurus spurrelli (BOULENGER, 1914)

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Butterfly-head coral snake
Synonym	Elaps spurrelli BOULENGER 1914 Micrurus nicefori SCHMIDT 1955 Micrurus spurelli [sic] — PÉREZ-SANTOS & MORENO 1988 Micrurus spurelli — WELCH 1994: 89 Micrurus spurrelli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 454
Distribution	W Colombia (Choco) Type locality: at or near Peña Lisa, Condoto.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.17.19, a 230 mm female (H.G.F. Spurrell).
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1990 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy after that of PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970. Venomous!
Etymology	Named after H. G. F. Spurrell, fellow of the Zoological Society of London, an avid collector of amphibians and reptiles in South America, including this holotype.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G.A. 1914. On a second collection of batrachians and reptiles made by Dr. H. G. F. Spurrell, F.Z.S. in the Chocó, Colombia. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1914: 813-817 - get paper here Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca GUEDES, THAÍS B.; CRISTIANO NOGUEIRA & OTAVIO A. V. MARQUES 2014. Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3863 (1): 001–093 - get paper here 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 Silva Jr, Nelson Jorge da; Marcus Augusto Buononato & Darlan Tavares Feitosa 2016. AS COBRAS-CORAIS DO NOVO MUNDO. In: Silva (ed) Cobras corais do Brasil. Goiânia, pp. 41-69 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 https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/592032526354683/ Google images

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