| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | Micrurus tschudii olssoni SCHMIDT & SCHMIDT 1925
Micrurus tschudii tschudii (JAN 1858) |
| Common Names | E: Desert Coral Snake
E: Southern desert coral snake [tschudii]
E: Northern desert coral snake [olssoni] |
| Synonym | Micrurus tschudii tschudii (JAN 1858)
Elaps tschudii JAN 1858
Elaps tschudii — COPE 1878: 33
Elaps tschudii — WERNER 1901: 10
Micrurus tschudii tschudii — WELCH 1994: 89
Micrurus tschudii — CHAVEZ & VENEGAS 2007
Micrurus tschudii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 455
Micrurus tschudii olssoni (SCHMIDT & SCHMIDT 1925)
Micrurus olssoni SCHMIDT & SCHMIDT 1925
Micrurus tschudii olssoni — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943
Micrurus tschudii olssoni — WELCH 1994: 91
Micrurus tschudii olssoni — ROZE 1996: 224 |
| Distribution | W Peru, NW Bolivia ?, SW Ecuador
tschudii: S Ecuador and S Peru (Pacific slopes); Type locality: Peru
olssoni: S Ecuador, NW Peru; Type locality: Negritos, Piura, Peru.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMW 18284, a 310 mm specimen (Pfeiffer, 1856).
Type: FMNH (also as CNHM) 5724, male) [olssoni] |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2525 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Venomous! |
| Etymology | Named after Johann Jakob Tschudi (1818-1889), Swiss naturalist.
M. t. olssoni has been named after Axel A. Olsson, collector of the holotype and member of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, United States. |
| References |
- Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca
- Chávez, G. & Venegas, P. 2007. Looking for Macanches in the dry forest of Peru. Reptilia (GB) (51): 54-59 - get paper here
- Cope, E.D. 1878. Synopsis of the cold blooded Vertebrata, procured by Prof. James Orton, during his exploration of Peru in 1876-77. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 17: 33-49 [1877] - get paper here
- Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
- Jan, G. 1858. Plan d'une iconographie descriptive des ophidiens et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces des serpents. Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris (2) 10: 438-449, 514-527 - get paper here
- Schmidt, K.P. & Schmidt, F.J.W. 1925. New coral snakes from Peru. Report on results of the Captain Marshall Field expeditions. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. Zool. Ser. 12: 129-134 - get paper here
- Schmidt, Karl P. 1936. Preliminary account of coral snakes of South America. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 20 (19): 189-203 - get paper here
- Schmidt,K.P. & WALKER Jr. ,W.F. 1943. Snakes of the Peruvian coastal region. Zool. Ser. Field Mus. nat. Hist., Chicago, 24: 297-327 - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
- Valencia, J. H., K. Garzón-Tello & M. E. Barragán-Paladines 2016. Serpientes venenosas del Ecuador: sistemática, taxonomía, historia natural, conservación, envenenamiento y aspectos antropológicos. Quito, Ecuador, Fundación Herpetológica Gustavo Orcés, Universidad de Texas, Fondo Ambiental Nacional, 652 pp. [review in HR 49 (1): 152, 2018]
- 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.
- Werner, FRANZ 1901. Reptilien und Batrachier aus Peru und Bolivien. Abhandl. Ber. Zool. Anthrop. Mus. Dresden, 9 (2): 1-14 [1900] - get paper here
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