Micrurus proximans SMITH & CHRAPLIWY, 1958

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae, Elapoidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Nayarit Coral Snake S: Coralillo de Nayarit
Synonym	Micrurus diastema proximans SMITH & CHRAPLIWY 1958 Micrurus proximans — ROZE 1983 Micrurus proximans — LINER 1994 Micrurus proximans — LINER 2007 Micrurus proximans — WALLACH et al. 2014: 452 Micrurus proximans — REYES-VELASCO et al. 2020
Distribution	Mexico (coast of Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima) Type locality: Mexico: 5 mi NE San Blas, Nayarit
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 40369 604; W. H. Davis, W. Z. Lidicker, and J. R. Winklemann; July 16, 1956.
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Comment	Venomous! Distribution: Not in Nayarit, where it is replaced by M. browni, fide LOC-BARRAGÁN et al. 2024 (checklist Nayarit). LOC-BARRAGÁN et al. 2024 do not comment on the status of M. proximans but only refer to Reyes-Velasco et al. (2020). Status: This species was not accepted as valid by Frateles et al. 2026 (without stating what it may be a synonym of; see their Fig. S1).
Etymology	Latin from proximatus meaning near relationship or proximity, probably alluding to its elose relationship to another coral snake from the same region
References	Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca Cruz-Sáenz, D., F. J. Muñoz-Nolasco, V. Mata-Silva, J. D. Johnson, E. García-Padilla, and L. D. Wilson. 2017. The herpetofauna of Jalisco, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (1): 23–118 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Pierce LJS, Painter CW 2020. The amphibians and reptiles of Colima, Mexico, with a summary of their conservation status. ZooKeys 927: 99-125 - get paper here Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here Loc-barragán J.A., D., Lazcano y G.A Woolrich-Piña. 2018. Notes on the Herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico 2: Amphibians and Reptiles of the Municipality of Compostela. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 53(10): 205-212 Luja VH, López JA, Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A 2017. Herpetofauna inside and outside from a natural protected area: the case of Reserva Estatal de la Biósfera Sierra San Juan, Nayarit, Mexico. Nature Conservation 21: 15-38 - get paper here Nordgren, Matt and Robert Villa. 2011. Geographic Distribution: Micrurus proximans (Nayarit coralsnake). Herpetological Review 42 (3): 394-395 - get paper here Reyes-Velasco, J., Adams, R. H., Boissinot, S., Parkinson, C. L., Campbell, J. A., Castoe, T. A. and Smith, E. N. 2020. Genome-wide SNPs clarify lineage diversity confused by coloration in coralsnakes of the Micrurus diastema species complex (Serpentes: Elapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 147: 106770 - get paper here Roze, J. A. 1983. New World coral snakes (Elapidae): a taxonomic and biological summary. Mem. Inst. Butantan 46: 305-338 [1982] - get paper here Smith, H.M. & CHRAPLIWY,P.S. 1958. New and noteworthy Mexican herptiles from the Lidicker collection. Herpetologica 13: 267-271 - get paper here 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. Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A, Paulino Ponce-Campos, Jesús Loc-Barragán, Juan Pablo Ramírez-Silva, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson, Elí García-Padilla and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2): 376-448 - get paper here
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