Micrurus diana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Micrurus
Species: Micrurus diana

Holotype: FMNH 159889, ♂.

Type locality: “vicinity of Santiago, Provincia Chiquiticos, Departamento Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 700 meters.”

Micrurus frontalis diana Roze, 1983: 324 [original combination, as subspecies]
Micrurus diana — Roze, 1994: 180 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Roze, J.A. [1982] 1983. New world coral snakes (Elapidae): a taxonomic and biological summary. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 46: 305–338. Reference page.
Roze, J.A. 1994. Notes on taxonomy of venomous coral snakes (Elapidae) of South America. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 30(4): 177–185. BHL Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Micrurus diana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 May 2018.

English: Diana's Coral Snake

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