| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: False Triad Coral Snake, Ecuador Coral Snake
S: Coral de Triadas Falsas |
| Synonym | Elaps bocourti JAN 1872, in JAN & SORDELLI 1872
Micrurus ecuadorianus SCHMIDT 1936: 196
Micrurus circinalis — SCHMIDT 1936: 192 (part.)
Micrurus catamayensis ROZE 1989 (fide VALENCIA et al. 2016)
Micrurus catamayensis — WELCH 1994: 79
Micrurus bocourti — WELCH 1994: 79
Micrurus bocourti — ROZE 1996: 145
Micrurus bocourti — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004: 151
Micrurus bocourti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 442
Micrurus catamayensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 443
Micrurus bocourti — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | W Ecuador (Pacific lowlands), NW Peru
Type locality: Type locality restricted to Rio Daule, Guayas Province, Ecuador, by Roze, 1967.
ecuadorianus: Ecuador; Type locality: “Río Daule, western Ecuador”
catamayensis: S Ecuador (Catamayo Valley); Type locality: 2 km west of Loja, Catamayo Valley, Ecuador,4,780 ft. elevation.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 0869, a male from an unknown locality, collected by Liataud in 1843.
Holotype: BMNH 1935.11.3.103, male, collected by Carrion [catamayensis]
Holotype: MCZ 3559, Paratypes: ZSM 66/1914/1-2 [ecuadorianus] |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2041 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Venomous!
Distribution: not in Colombia (Campbell and Lamar 2004). |
| Etymology | Named after Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819-1904), French naturalist.
M. catamayensis was named after the type locality. |
| References |
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca
- FEITOSA, DARLAN TAVARES; NELSON JORGE DA SILVA JR., MATHEUS GODOY PIRES, HUSSAM ZAHER & ANA LÚCIA DA COSTA PRUDENTE 2015. A new species of monadal coral snake of the genus Micrurus (Serpentes, Elapidae) from western Amazon. Zootaxa 3974 (4): 538–554
- Jan, G. 1870. Iconographie générale des ophidiens, Vol. 3, Livraisons 35-50. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris, (Milan ?), 188 pp. - get paper here
- Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
- Roux-Estève, R. 1982. Les spécimens-types du genre Micrurus (Elapidae) conservés au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mém. Inst. Butantan, 46: 79-94. - get paper here
- Roze J A 1989. New species and subspecies of coral snakes, genus Micrurus (Elapidae), with notes on type specimens of several species. American Museum Novitates (2932) : 1-15 - get paper here
- Roze, J. A. 1996. Coral Snakes of the Americas. Krieger, Malabar, Florida
- 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
- 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.
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