Biology:Micrurus bernadi
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Short description: Species of snake
Micrurus bernadi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Micrurus |
Species: | M. bernadi
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Binomial name | |
Micrurus bernadi (Cope, 1887)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Micrurus bernadi is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to eastern Mexico.[1] There are currently no recognized subspecies.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, bernadi, is in honor of French physician Santiago Bernad, who collected the type specimen.[4]
Geographic range
Within Mexico, M. bernadi is found from eastern Hidalgo southward to northern Puebla and parts of northwestern Veracruz.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of M. bernadi is forest.[1]
Reproduction
M. bernadi is oviparous.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Flores-Villela, O.; Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Micrurus bernadi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64018A12736215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64018A12736215.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/64018/12736215. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Species Micrurus bernadi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Micrurus bernadi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700579. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrurus bernadi, p. 24).
Further reading
- Cope ED (1887). "Catalogue of Batrachians and Reptiles of Central America and Mexico". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 32, 1-98. (Elaps bernadi, new species, p. 87).
- Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing. 340 pp. ISBN:0894648470.
- Schmidt KP (1933). "Preliminary Account of the Coral Snakes of Central America and Mexico". Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 20 (6): 29–40. (Micrurus bernadi, p. 40).
- Woolrich-Piña GA, Smith GR, Lemos-Espinal JA, Méndez de la Cruz FR (2019). "Micrurus bernadi (Saddled Coralsnake) Thermal Ecology". Herpetological Review 50 (1): 163.
Wikidata ☰ Q3021752 entry