Micrurus dissoleucus

Taxonavigation

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Holotype: ANSP 6781, ♀.

Type locality: “Venezuela”, restricted to “Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela” by Roze (1955: 479).

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Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Micrurus dissoleucus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 May 2018.
Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Stafford, P., McCranie, J.R., Renjifo, J., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Caicedo, J. & Rivas, G. 2015. IUCN: Micrurus dissoleucus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T177541A1492439. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T177541A1492439.en

English: Pygmy Coral Snake