Micrurus is a genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Micrurus are endemic to the Americas.

Species

The following 86 species are recognized as being valid.

• Micrurus albicinctus Amaral, 1925 – white-banded coral snake

• Micrurus alleni K. Schmidt, 1936 – arrow-headed coral snake, Allen's coral snake

• Micrurus altirostris (Cope, 1860) – Uruguayan coral snake

• Micrurus ancoralis (Jan, 1872) – regal coral snake, anchor coral snake

• Micrurus anibal

• Micrurus annellatus (W. Peters, 1871) – annellated coral snake

• Micrurus averyi K. Schmidt, 1939 – Avery's coral snake, black-headed coral snake

• Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1860) – mesopotamian coral snake

• Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872) – false triad coral snake, Ecuador coral snake

• Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967 – Bogert's coral snake

• Micrurus boicora – boicora coral snake

• Micrurus bonita

• Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967 – Brazilian short-tailed coral snake

• Micrurus browni K. Schmidt & H.M. Smith, 1943 – Brown's coral snake

• Micrurus camilae Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003

• Micrurus carvalhoi Roze, 1967 – Brazilian ribbon coral snake

• Micrurus circinalis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Trinidad coral snake, Trinidad northern coral snake

• Micrurus clarki K. Schmidt, 1936 – Clark's coral snake

• Micrurus collaris (Schlegel, 1837) – Guyana blackback coral snake

• Micrurus corallinus (Merrem, 1820) – painted coral snake

• Micrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858) – Brazilian coral snake

• Micrurus diana Roze, 1983 – Diana's coral snake

• Micrurus diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – variable coral snake

• Micrurus dissoleucus (Cope, 1860) – pygmy coral snake

• Micrurus distans (Kennicott, 1860) – clear-banded coral snake, West Mexican coral snake

• Micrurus diutius Burger, 1955 – Trinidad ribbon coral snake

• Micrurus dumerilii (Jan, 1858) – Capuchin coral snake

• Micrurus elegans (Jan, 1858) – elegant coral snake

• Micrurus ephippifer (Cope, 1886) – Oaxacan coral snake

• Micrurus filiformis (Günther, 1859) – thread coral snake, slender coral snake

• Micrurus frontalis (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – southern coral snake, short-tailed coral snake

• Micrurus frontifasciatus (F. Werner, 1927) – Bolivian triad coral snake

• Micrurus fulvius (Linnaeus, 1766) – eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra

• Micrurus gallicus Rage & Holman, 1984

• Micrurus helleri K. Schmidt & F. Schmidt, 1925 – western ribbon coral snake

• Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858) – Hemprich's coral snake

• Micrurus hippocrepis (W. Peters, 1862) – Mayan coral snake

• Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) – Caatinga coral snake

• Micrurus isozonus (Cope, 1860) – equal-banded coral snake, Venezuela coral snake, Sandner's coral snake

• Micrurus janisrozei

• Micrurus langsdorffi (Wagler, 1824) – confused coral snake, Langsdorff's coral snake

• Micrurus laticollaris (W. Peters, 1870) – double collar coral snake

• Micrurus latifasciatus K. Schmidt, 1933 – long-banded coral snake, broad-ringed coral snake

• Micrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – South American coral snake

• Micrurus limbatus Fraser, 1964 – Tuxtlan coral snake

• Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967 – speckled coral snake

• Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967 – Villavicencio coral snake

• Micrurus meridensis Roze, 1989 – Mérida coral snake

• Micrurus mertensi K. Schmidt, 1936 – Mertens's coral snake, Peruvian desert coral snake

• Micrurus michoacanensis

• Micrurus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – red-tailed coral snake, many-banded coral snake

• Micrurus mosquitensis K. Schmidt, 1933 – mosquito coral snake

• Micrurus multifasciatus (Jan, 1858) – many-banded coral snake

• Micrurus multiscutatus Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940 – Cauca coral snake

• Micrurus narduccii (Jan, 1863) – Andean blackback coral snake

• Micrurus nattereri K. Schmidt, 1952 – Natterer's coral snake, Venezuelan aquatic coral snake

• Micrurus nebularis Roze, 1989 – Neblina coral snake, cloud forest coral snake

• Micrurus nigrocinctus (Girard, 1854) – Central American coral snake

• Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872) – black-neck Amazonian coral snake, Bolivian coral snake

• Micrurus oligoanellatus Ayerbe & López, 2002 – Tambito's coral snake

• Micrurus oliveri

• Micrurus ornatissimus (Jan, 1858) – ornate coral snake

• Micrurus pacaraimae Morato de Carvalho, 2002 – Pacaraima coral snake

• Micrurus pachecogili Campbell, 2000 – Pueblan coral snake

• Micrurus paraensis da Cunha & F. Nascimento, 1973 – Para coral snake

• Micrurus peruvianus K. Schmidt, 1936 – Peru coral snake

• Micrurus petersi Roze, 1967 – mountain coral snake, Peters's coral snake

• Micrurus potyguara Pires, Silva Jr., Feitosa, Prudente, Pereira Filho & Zaher, 2014 – Potyguara coral snake

• Micrurus proximans H.M. Smith & Chrapliwy, 1958 – Nayarit coral snake

• Micrurus psyches (Daudin, 1803) – northern coral snake, Carib coral snake

• Micrurus putumayensis Lancini, 1962 – Putumayo coral snake

• Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862) – Argentinian coral snake

• Micrurus remotus Roze, 1987 – remote coral snake

• Micrurus renjifoi (Lamar, 2003) – Renjifo's coral snake

• Micrurus ruatanus (Günther, 1895) – Roatan coral snake

• Micrurus sangilensis Nicéforo Maria, 1942 – San Gil coral snake, Santander coral snake

• Micrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1869) – little black coral snake, pygmy black-backed coral snake

• Micrurus serranus Harvey, Aparicio & Gonzáles, 2003

• Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins & Silva Jr., 2007

• Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824 – Amazon coral snake

• Micrurus spurrelli (Boulenger, 1914) – butterfly-head coral snake

• Micrurus steindachneri (F. Werner, 1901) – piedmont coral snake, Steindachner's coral snake

• Micrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928 – Panamanian coral snake

• Micrurus stuarti Roze, 1967 – Stuart's coral snake

• Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1817) – aquatic coral snake

• Micrurus tener (Baird & Girard, 1853) – Texas coral snake

• Micrurus tikuna Feitosa, Silva Jr., Pires, Zaher & Prudente, 2015 – Tikuna coral snake

• Micrurus tricolor (Hoge, 1956) – Pantanal coral snake

• Micrurus tschudii (Jan, 1858) – desert coral snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus.

Reproduction

All species of Micrurus are oviparous (egg-laying).

References

Further reading

• Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. .