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Micrurus putumayensis LANCINI, 1962

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Putumayo Coral Snake
Portuguese: Cobra-Coral, Coral-Verdadeira, Cobra-Coral-Amarela 
SynonymMicrurus schmidti LANCINI 1962
Micrurus putumayensis LANCINI 1962 (nom. nov.)
Micrurus putumayensis — WELCH 1994: 89
Micrurus putumayensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 452
Micrurus putumayensis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionPeru (Loreto), NW Brazil, SE Colombia

Type locality: "Puerto Socorro (a 270 Km. NE. de Iquitos),  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCNC Herp. 1117, a 624 mm female (J. Cáceres M., March 1959). (type=AMNH 11058 fide Golay et al., 1993: 180) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1312 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentVenomous! 
EtymologyThe Latin name putumayensis, meaning inhabitant of Putumayo, alludes to its presence in the region around the Putumayo River. 
References
  • 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
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • Lancini V., A. R. 1962. Una nueva especie de Serpiente coral (Serpentes: Elapidae) del Peru. Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo de Ciencias Naturales Caracas, Venezuela (2): 1-3
  • Lancini V., A. R. 1962. Un cambio de nombre para una serpiente coral (Elapidae: Micrurus) del Peru. Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo de Ciencias Naturales Caracas, Venezuela (3): 1
  • Lema, Thales de 1972. Sobre Micrurus putumayensis Lancini, 1962 e sua ocorrencia no Brasil - (Serpentes, Elapidae). Iheringia, Série Zoologia 41: 35-58
  • Metcalf, M. F., Guedouar, E., Davis, L., Rodriguez, A., Marsh, A., Pacaya, E. T., ... & Gunnels IV, C. W. 2023. Herpetofauna of Madre Selva Biological Station in Loreto, Peru. Herpetology Notes, 16, 727-740
  • Nogueira, Cristiano C.; Antonio J.S. Argôlo, Vanesa Arzamendia, Josué A. Azevedo, Fausto E. Barbo, Renato S. Bérnils, Bruna E. Bolochio, Marcio Borges-Martins, Marcela Brasil-Godinho, Henrique Braz, Marcus A. Buononato, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, 2019. Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna. South American J. Herp. 14 (Special Issue 1):1-274 - 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.
 
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