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Micrurus filiformis (GÜNTHER, 1859)

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Higher TaxaElapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Thread coral snake, Slender Coral Snake
Portuguese: Cobra-Coral, Cobra-Coral-Comprida, Cobra-Coral-Fina, Cobra-Coral-Vermelha, Coral-Verdadeira 
SynonymElaps filiformis GÜNTHER 1859
Micrurus filiformis — AMARAL 1925
Micrurus filiformis subtilis ROZE 1967
Micrurus filiformis — WELCH 1994: 83
Micrurus filiformis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 446
Micrurus filiformis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionS Colombia, N Brazil, N Peru

filiformis: Amzonian region from S Colombia to N Peru

subtilis: NE Brazil (Amzonas) S/SE Colombia to NE Peru

Type locality: Para, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.20.13, adult male, (formerly BMNH 1946.1.20.13) from State of Pará, Brazil. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. An elongate and excessively thin-bodied species in which the elongate character of lemniscatus is exaggerated; with the lemniscatus head and body pattern, but with more numerous triads and a higher ventral count in both sexes [from SCHMIDT 1955].


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CommentVenomous!

Distribution: Not in Ecuador fide Torres-Carvajal et al. 2019: 299 ff). See map in Nogueira et al. 2019. 
EtymologyLatin from filum meaning thread and forma meaning shape or figure; thus filiformis means threadlike or in the form of a thread, describing well this slender species. Subtilis is a Latin word for slender or thin. 
References
  • Avila-Pires, Teresa C.S.; Kleiton R. Alves-Silva, Laís Barbosa, Fabrício S. Correa, Jorge F. A. Cosenza, Ana Paula V. Costa-Rodrigues, Aurea A. Cronemberger, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Geraldo R. Lima-Filho, Adriano O. Maciel, Alexandre F. R. Missassi, Lyw 2018. Changes in Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Over Time in Parque Estadual do Utinga, a Protected Area Surrounded by Urbanization. Herpetology Notes 11: 499-512 - get paper here
  • Bernal, R. 2025. Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá - get paper here
  • Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca
  • Feitosa, Darlan T., Paulo P. Passos and Ana Lúcia Prudente. 2007. Taxonomic status and geographic variation of the slender coralsnake Micrurus filiformis (Günther, 1859) (Serpentes, Elapidae). South American J. Herp. 2 (3): 149-156
  • 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
  • Günther,A. 1859. On the genus Elaps of Wagner. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1859: 79-89 - get paper here
  • Hurtado-Gémez, Juan Pablo; Andrés Felipe Aponte-Gutiérrez, Vicente Javier Preciado, Uwe Fritz, Mario Vargas-Ramírez 2021. Morphological and Molecular Evidence Reveals the First Record of the Coral Snake Micrurus filiformis (Serpentes: Elapidae) as Prey of the Piranha Pygocentrus cariba (Teleostei: Serrasalmidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 28 (2): 117-121 - get paper here
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