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Micrurus pacaraimae MORATO DE CARVALHO, 2002

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pacaraima coral snake
Portuguese: Cobra-Coral, Coral-Verdadeira, Cobra-Coral-Vermelha 
SynonymMicrurus pacaraimae MORATO DE CARVALHO 2002
Micrurus pacaraimae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 451
Micrurus pacaraimae — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBrazil (Roraima), possibly in Venezuela

Type locality: Brasil: Vila Pacaraima: Rodovia BR – 174 na fronteira com a Venezuela (04°31’N, 61°09’W).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 8565, male, 313 + 42 mm 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (original): Colorido dorsal e ventral vermelho e negro no corpo e cauda, garganta branca. Capuz cefálico negro em contato com o anel nucal negro. Anéis negros 23, simples; anéis vermelhos cerca de quatro vezes mais largos que os negros. Ventrais 201, subcaudais 43, anal dividida, tubérculos supra-anais ausentes. (Morato de Carvalho 2002)


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CommentVenomous! 
Etymologynamed after its type locality. 
References
  • 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
  • Morato de Carvalho, C. 2002. Descrição de uma nova espécie de Micrurus do Estado de Roraima, Brasil (Serpentes, Elapidae). Pap. Avul. Zool., Sao Paulo 42(8):183-192 - get paper here
  • Morato de Carvalho, C. et al. 2021. VERTEBRADOS TERRESTRES DE RORAIMA BIOLOGIA GERAL E EXPERIMENTAL 20/21 (1): - get paper here
  • 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; Darlan Tavares Feitosa, Matheus Godoy Pires, and Ana Lúcia da Costa Prudente 2021. CHAPTER 5. CORALSNAKE DIVERSITY IN BRAZIL. In: Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr. et al. (eds.) Advances in Coralsnake Biology. Eagle Mountain Publishing, pp. 142-252
  • 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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