Biology:Micrurus hemprichii
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Micrurus |
| Species: | M. hemprichii
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| Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858)
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Micrurus hemprichii, commonly known as Hemprichi's coral snake, is a species of venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae from South America.[1][2]
Etymology
The specific name, hemprichii, is in honor of German naturalist Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich.[3]
Habitat
Hemprichi's coral snake occurs in forests at elevations below 1,000 m (3,300 ft), including lower montane wet forest, gallery forest, and primary and secondary rain forest. It is a cryptic species living in leaf litter of the forest floor.[1]
Diet
Hemprichi's coral snake feeds heavily on velvet worms,[4] but also on small snakes and amphisbaenids.[1]
Geographic range
M. hemprichii is found in the upper Amazon Basin, Guiana Highlands, and upper Orinoco Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana.[1][2]
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Micrurus hemprichii hemprichii (Jan, 1858)
- Micrurus hemprichii ortoni Schmidt, 1953
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ines Hladki, A.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N.; Valencia, J.; Gagliardi, G.; Catenazzi, A.; Nogueira, C. et al. (2019). "Micrurus hemprichii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T15202882A15202891. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T15202882A15202891.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15202882/15202891. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Micrurus hemprichii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2016.
- ↑ 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 hemprichii, pp. 120).
- ↑ "Behavior of Epiperipatus biolleyi (Onychophora: Peripatidae) under laboratory conditions". Revista de Biologica Tropical 41 (3): 689–696. 1993.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Elaps hemprichii, p. 421).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Micrurus hemprichii, p. 115).
- Jan [G] (1858). "Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens et Description sommaire de nouvelles espèces de Serpents ". Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Paris, 2e Série [Series 2] 10: 438-449, 514–527. (Elaps hemprichii, new species, pp. 523–524). (in French).
- Schmidt KP (1953). "Hemprich's Coral Snake Micrurus hemprichi [sic]". Fieldiana Zool. 34 (13): 165-170. (Micrurus hemprichi [sic] ortoni, new subspecies, pp. 166–168).
External links
- "Micrurus hemprichii " at Coral Snakes of the World. https://web.archive.org/web/20160405124918/http://www.coralsnake.net/micrurus/hemprichs-coral-snake.html
Wikidata ☰ Q3312526 entry
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