Micrurus tricolor HOGE, 1956
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Micrurus tricolor
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Pantanal Coral Snake Portuguese: Cobra-Coral, Coral, Coral-Verdadeira, Cobra-Coral-de-Três-Cores |
| Synonym | Micrurus tricolor HOGE 1956: 67 Micrurus frontalis tricolor — ROZE 1983 Micrurus frontalis tricolor — WELCH 1994: 83 Micrurus pyrrhocryptus tricolor — ROZE 1994: 179 Micrurus tricolor — DA SILVA & SITES 1999: 172 Micrurus tricolor — DI BERNARDO et al. 2007 Micrurus tricolor — COSTA & BERNILS 2018 Micrurus tricolor — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Mato Grosso), adjacent Paraguay Type locality: Garandazal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. |
| Reproduction | oviparous. |
| Types | Holotype: IB 16290 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: (1) Dorsal pattern of white, red, and black triads; (2) hemipenis and tail relatively short; (3) two supralabials entering orbit; (4) mental usually separated from chinshields by medial contact of first pair of infralabials; (5) anal scale usually divided; (6) first triad complete; (7) 5-12 red vertebrals separating first triad from parietals; (8) all dorsal head scales including parietals black, edged in white; (9) red rings with heavier black apices than white rings; (10) white rings longest dorsally, constricted or broken ventrally by black rings; (11) chin red with no to moderate black mottling and edging of scales; mental mostly or entirely red; (12) 6-14 triads on body, 1-1.67 on tail [HARVEY et al. 2003]. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1957 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: M. tricolor has been synonymized with M. pyrrhocryptus by previous authors (e.g. Wallach et al. 2014) but treated as valid more recently. Subspecies: Micrurus tricolor has been considered as a subspecies or synonym of pyrrhocryptus, but has been elevated to species status by Silva & Sites 1999, although only some authors have followed that decision. Distribution: tricolor is not in Bolivia but pyrrhocryptus from Boliva has been misidentified as tricolor (Harvey et al. 2003). See map in Nogueira et al. 2019. Venomous! Similar species: Mimicked by the nonvenomous species Lystrophis pulcher. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin tri, three + Latin color, color; pigment; shade, tinge |
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