Micrurus scutiventris (COPE, 1869)
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Micrurus scutiventris
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Little black coral snake, Pigmy black-backed coralsnake Portuguese: Cobra-Coral, Coral-Verdadeira, Cobra-Coral-Pequena |
| Synonym | Elaps scutiventris COPE 1869: 156 Leptomicrurus schmidti HOGE & ROMANO-HOGE 1966 Micrurus karlschmidti HOGE & ROMANO-HOGE 1972 Leptomicrurus scutiventris ROZE & BERNAL-CARLO 1987: 595 Leptomicrurus schmidti — WELCH 1994: 73 Micrurus scutiventris — SLOWINSKI 1995 Leptomicrurus scutiventris — ROZE 1996: 135 Micrurus scutiventris — SLOWINSKI et al. 2001 Leptomicrurus scutiventris — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004: 130 Micrurus scutiventris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 453 Micrurus scutiventris — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru Type locality: "Pebas on the Amazon in Equador. [=Departamento Loreto, NE Perú]. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ANSP 6801, a 445 female (J. Orton). |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Venomous! |
| Etymology | Named after Latin scuti- a shield or scale and venter meaning belly; scutiventris, one with ventral scales, probably alludes to the relatively high number of ventrals in this species. The names schmidti and karlschmidti are dedications to Karl P. Schmidt, the late curator of herpetology at the Field Museum of Natural History Chicago. |
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