Micrurus altirostris

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Holotype: ANSP 6857, ♂.

Type locality: “South America”.

Elaps altirostris Cope, 1860: 345 [original combination]
Micrurus frontalis altirostris — Schmidt, 1936: 199 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Micrurus altirostris — Silva Jr. & Sites, 1999: 146, 156 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Cope, E.D. [1859] 1860. Catalogue of the venomous serpents in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes on the families, genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 332–347. BHL Reference page.
Schmidt, K.P. 1936. Preliminary account of the coral snakes of South America. Field Museum Natural History, Zoology Series 20: 189–203. BHL
Silva, Jr., N.J. & Sites, Jr., J.W. 1999. Revision of the Micrurus frontalis complex (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetological Monographs 13: 142–194. DOI: 10.2307/1467062 JSTOR

English: Uruguayan Coral Snake

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