Micrurus bocourti (JAN, 1872)

Find more photos by Google images search:

Higher Taxa	Elapidae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: False Triad Coral Snake, Ecuador Coral Snake S: Coral de Triadas Falsas
Synonym	Elaps bocourti JAN 1872, in JAN & SORDELLI 1872 Micrurus ecuadorianus SCHMIDT 1936: 196 Micrurus circinalis — SCHMIDT 1936: 192 (part.) Micrurus catamayensis ROZE 1989 (fide VALENCIA et al. 2016) Micrurus catamayensis — WELCH 1994: 79 Micrurus bocourti — WELCH 1994: 79 Micrurus bocourti — ROZE 1996: 145 Micrurus bocourti — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004: 151 Micrurus bocourti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 442 Micrurus catamayensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 443 Micrurus bocourti — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2019
Distribution	W Ecuador (Pacific lowlands), NW Peru Type locality: Type locality restricted to Rio Daule, Guayas Province, Ecuador, by Roze, 1967. ecuadorianus: Ecuador; Type locality: “Río Daule, western Ecuador” catamayensis: S Ecuador (Catamayo Valley); Type locality: 2 km west of Loja, Catamayo Valley, Ecuador,4,780 ft. elevation.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNHN-RA 0869, a male from an unknown locality, collected by Liataud in 1843. Holotype: BMNH 1935.11.3.103, male, collected by Carrion [catamayensis] Holotype: MCZ 3559, Paratypes: ZSM 66/1914/1-2 [ecuadorianus]
Diagnosis
Comment	Venomous! Distribution: not in Colombia (Campbell and Lamar 2004).
Etymology	Named after Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819-1904), French naturalist. M. catamayensis was named after the type locality.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Campbell, J.A. & Lamar, W.W. 1989. The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Comstock Publishing/Cornell University Press, Ithaca FEITOSA, DARLAN TAVARES; NELSON JORGE DA SILVA JR., MATHEUS GODOY PIRES, HUSSAM ZAHER & ANA LÚCIA DA COSTA PRUDENTE 2015. A new species of monadal coral snake of the genus Micrurus (Serpentes, Elapidae) from western Amazon. Zootaxa 3974 (4): 538–554 Jan, G. 1870. Iconographie générale des ophidiens, Vol. 3, Livraisons 35-50. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris, (Milan ?), 188 pp. - get paper here Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp. Roux-Estève, R. 1982. Les spécimens-types du genre Micrurus (Elapidae) conservés au Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mém. Inst. Butantan, 46: 79-94. - get paper here Roze J A 1989. New species and subspecies of coral snakes, genus Micrurus (Elapidae), with notes on type specimens of several species. American Museum Novitates (2932) : 1-15 - get paper here Roze, J. A. 1996. Coral Snakes of the Americas. Krieger, Malabar, Florida Schmidt, Karl P. 1936. Preliminary account of coral snakes of South America. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 20 (19): 189-203 - get paper here Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here Valencia, J. H., K. Garzón-Tello & M. E. Barragán-Paladines 2016. Serpientes venenosas del Ecuador: sistemática, taxonomía, historia natural, conservación, envenenamiento y aspectos antropológicos. Quito, Ecuador, Fundación Herpetológica Gustavo Orcés, Universidad de Texas, Fondo Ambiental Nacional, 652 pp. [review in HR 49 (1): 152, 2018] 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.
External links	IUCN Red List https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Micrurus%20bocourti https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/437194345171836 Google images

Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Micrurus&species=bocourti

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.

Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator