Micrurus tschudii (JAN, 1858)
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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. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: NMW 18284, a 310 mm specimen (Pfeiffer, 1856). Type: FMNH (also as CNHM) 5724, male) [olssoni] |
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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. |
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