Micrurus anibal NASCIMENTO, GRABOSKI, SILVA JR & PRUDENTE, 2024
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Micrurus anibal
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Micrurus anibal NASCIMENTO, GRABOSKI, SILVA JR & PRUDENTE 2024: 19 Micrurus helleri — JOWERS et al. 2019: 5 (fig. 2) Micrurus ibiboboca — HURTADO-GOMEZ et al., 2021: 234 (fig. 3) Micrurus ibiboboca — PIRES et al. 2014: 580 Micrurus ibiboboca — PIRES et al. 2021:198 Micrurus ibiboboca — SILVA et al. 2016: 120 Micrurus lemniscatus — SILVA & SITES 2001: 4 Micrurus lemniscatus — RENJIFO et al. 2012: 139 (fig. 7) |
| Distribution | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Paraná) Type locality: Iguaba Grande municipality (22° 51'00.7"S, 42° 11'35.3"W), state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. MNRJ 18191, Adult male Paratypes. All from Brazil (n = 4). Adult female, MNRJ 4900, Saquarema municipality (22°55'51.6"S, 42°29'47.2"W), Rio de Janeiro state. Adult male, MNRJ 8232, Jaconé municipality (22°55'00.0"S, 42°38'00.0"W), Rio de Janeiro State. Adult male, MNRJ 19013, Ubas, Iguaba Grande municipality (22°51'00.7"S, 42°11'35.3"W), Rio de Janeiro state. Adult female, MNRJ 19014, Ubas, Iguaba Grande municipality (22°51'00.7"S, 42°11'35.3"W), Rio de Janeiro state (Supplemental Fig. S3). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=27). Micrurus anibal sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by the unique combination of the following characters: black snout to the anterior border of the prefrontal scales; well-defined prefrontal white transverse band, from the middle of the second pair of supralabials to the posterior border of the prefrontals; black cephalic band extending from the posterior border of the prefrontals to the middle third of the parietals; triads in body 8–16 (average 12), ventrals 210–228 in males, 208–252 in females; subcaudals 20– 25 in males, 18–29 in females; hemipenis long, bilobed, capitate and ornamented with calcified spines; hemipenis with capitular sulcus; capitulum longer than body; basal pocket developed and ornamented by few spines. (Nascimento et al. 2024) 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 3074 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Venomous! Synonymy: after Nascimento et al. 2024. Distribution: See map in Nascimento et al. 2024: Fig. 11 Similar species: Micrurus bonita and Micrurus anibal are closely related to M. ibiboboca and may be subspecies of that species. Even though their hemipenes looks different, they are morphologically very similar. |
| Etymology | Named after Anibal Rafael Melgarejo Gimenez, a Uruguayan herpetologist and toxicologist based in Brazil, who contributed to the studies of Brazilian snakes, including coral snakes. |
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