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
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 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 - Panamenian 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
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).
References
Further reading
Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing. 340 pp. .
Snake genera
Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler