# Micrurus

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 82 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)
* Micrurus ancoralis Jan, 1872 – regal coral snake, anchor coral snake
* Micrurus annellatus (W. Peters, 1871) – annellated coral snake
* Micrurus averyi K. Schmidt, 1939 – Avery's coral snake, black-headed coral snake
* Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862)
* Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872) – false triad coral snake, Ecuador coral snake
* Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967 – Bogert's coral snake
* Micrurus boicora Bernarde, Turci, Abegg & Franco, 2018
* 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
* Micrurus helleri K. Schmidt & F. Schmidt, 1925 – western ribbon coral snake
* Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858) – Hemprichi'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 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 – Merida coral snake
* Micrurus mertensi K. Schmidt, 1936 – Mertens's coral snake, Peruvian desert coral snake
* 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 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 & 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, da Silva Jr., Feitosa, Costa-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 & da 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, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-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).