Biology:Micrurus nebularis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Micrurus |
| Species: | M. nebularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Micrurus nebularis Roze, 1989
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Micrurus nebularis, also known commonly as the cloud forest coral snake and the Neblina coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to southern Mexico.[1]
Description
Micrurus nebularis is a small species for its genus. The holotype, which is the longest specimen measured, has a total length (tail included) of 55.7 cm (21.9 in).[2]
The color pattern consists of red, yellow, and black rings. The black rings are not arranged in triads. The color pattern is very similar to that of Micrurus fulvius, but without black-tipped scales within the red rings. The black rings number 23–24 in males, 26–28 in females.[2]
Males lack supraanal tubercles.[2]
Geographic distribution
Micrurus nebularis is found in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Puebla,[1] in the Sierra Madre del Sur.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Micrurus nebularis is pine–oak forest, at elevations of 1,585–2,256 m (5,200–7,402 ft).[3]
Behavior
Micrurus nebularis is terrestrial, and it is both nocturnal and crepuscular.[3]
Diet
Micrurus nebularis preys on small terrestrial snakes such as Geophis dubius.[2]
Reproduction
Micrurus nebularis is oviparous.[1]
Taxonomy
Reyes-Velasco et al. (2020) suggested that Micrurus nebularis may be a synonym of Micrurus ephippifer along with Micrurus bogerti, Micrurus browni, and Micrurus pachecogili.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Species Micrurus ephippifer at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Roze, J.A. (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89464-847-0. xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. (Micrurus nebularis, p. 201 + Map 29 + Pattern 35).
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Further reading
- Campbell, J.A.; Lamar, W.W. (1989). The Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801420597. xiv + 430 pp., 568 figures, 109 distribution maps, 31 tables.
- Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 9783899731002. 572 pp.
- Liner, E.A. (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of México". Occasional Papers of the Mueum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (80): 1–60. (Micrurus nebularis, p. 53).
- Pavón-Vázquez, C.J.; García-Vázquez, U.O.; Meza-Lázaro, R.N.; Nieto-Montes de Oca, A. (2015). "First record of the coralsnake, Micrurus nebularis Roze 1989, from the state of Puebla, Mexico". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 131–133.
- Reyes-Velasco, Jacobo; Adams, Richard H.; Boissinot, Stephane; Parkinson, Christopher L.; Campbell, Jonathan A.; Castoe, Todd A.; Smith, Eric N. (2020). "Genome-wide SNPs clarify lineage diversity confused by coloration in coralsnakes of the Micrurus diastema species complex (Serpentes: Elapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 147: 106770.
- 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. (Micrurus nebularis, new species, pp. 9–11, Figure 5 + Map 1 on p. 13). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Wikidata ☰ Q3312555 entry
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