Micrurus mosquitensis SCHMIDT, 1933

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Higher Taxa	Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Misquito coral snake
Synonym	Micrurus nigrocinctus mosquitensis SCHMIDT 1933 Micrurus nigrocinctus mosquitensis — SCHMIDT 1955 Micrurus mosquitensis — MUDDE & VAN DIJK 1985 Micrurus nigrocinctus mosquitensis — WELCH 1994: 87 Micrurus nigrocinctus mosquitensis — ROZE 1996: 205 Micrurus mosquitensis — SOLÓRZANO 2004 Micrurus mosquitensis — PORRAS & SOLÓRZANO 2006
Distribution	Atlantic coasts of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama Type locality: Limon, Costa Rica.
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: MCZ 19741
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A coral snake with black, yellow, and red rings, not arranged in triads; supra-anal tubercles strongly developed in males; ventrals 182-194 in males, 203-209 in females; black rings 4-6 ventrals wide, 10 to 19 on the body, averaging 12 in males and 13 in females; black caudal rings 4-7 in males, 3-4 in females; yellow zones well developed; scales in red zones uniformly tipped with black. Differs from M. n. nigrocinctus in its lower number of ventrals, lower number of black rings, and broader yellow zones; from M. n. divaricatus by the lower ventral count and the uniform distribution of black in the red zones [from SCHMIDT 1933]. Additional details (1464 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Synonymy: listed as synonym of Micrurus nigrocinctus by WALLACH et al. 2014: 450. Sunyer & Martínez-Fonseca 2023 (checklist Nicaragua) agree with this statement.
Etymology	Mosquitensis in Latin is inhabitant of the Mosquito (or Mosquitia) coast on the Atlantic side of Nicaragua and Honduras in which the Mosquito or Miskito Kingdom existed until the beginning of this century.
References	Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 Hilje B, Chaves G, Klank J, Timmerman F, Feltham J, Gillingwater S, Piraino T, Rojas E 2020. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Tirimbina Biological Reserve: a baseline for conservation, research and environmental education in a lowland tropical wet forest in Costa Rica. Check List 16(6): 1633-1655 - get paper here Jowers, M.J., Smart, U., Sánchez-Ramírez, S. et al. 2023. Unveiling underestimated species diversity within the Central American Coralsnake, a medically important complex of venomous taxa. Sci Rep 13, 11674 - get paper here McConnell, G.J. 2013. A field guide to the snakes of Costa Rica. Edition Chimaira, 233 pp. [review in Reptilia 114: 74, 2015] Mudde, P, & VAN DIJK, M. 1985. Herpetologische waarnemingen in Costa Rica (13). Slangen (Serpentes). Lacerta 43: 176-180. - get paper here Porras, L.W. & Solórzano, A. 2006. Costa Rica’s venomous snakes. Reptilia (GB) (48): 11-17 - get paper here Schmidt, K. P. 1933. Preliminary account of the coral snakes of Central America and Mexico. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 20: 29-40. - get paper here Schmidt, Karl P. 1955. Coral snakes of the genus Micrurus in Colombia. Fieldiana Zoology 34 (34): 337-359 - get paper here Silva Jr, Nelson Jorge da; Marcus Augusto Buononato & Darlan Tavares Feitosa 2016. AS COBRAS-CORAIS DO NOVO MUNDO. In: Silva (ed) Cobras corais do Brasil. Goiânia, pp. 41-69 Solorzano, A. 2004. Serpientes de Costa Rica - Snakes of Costa Rica. Editorial INBio, Costa Rica, 792 pp. Welch, K. R. G. 1994. Snakes of the World. A Checklist. I. Venomous snakes. KCM Books, Somerset, England.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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