Micrurus corallinus

Micrurus corallinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Micrurus
Species: Micrurus corallinus

Name

Micrurus corallinus (Merrem, 1820)

• Lectotype: AMNH 3911, adult ♀, collected by Wied-Neuwied between September 1815 and May 1817. [designated by Roze (1966: 370)]
• Type locality: “Brasilia [=Brazil]”, restricted to “region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil” by Roze (1966: 370).
• Paralectotype: AMNH 3935, adult ♀, collected by Wied-Neuwied between September 1815 and May 1817.

Combinations

• Elaps corallinus Merrem, 1820: 144 [original combination]
• Micrurus corallinus — Amaral, 1925 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Elaps corallinus Wied-Neuwied, 1820: 108 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Elaps corallinus Merrem, 1820]
  • Lectotype: AMNH 3911, adult ♀, collected by Wied-Neuwied between September 1815 and May 1817. [designated by Roze (1966: 370)]
  • Type locality: “Rio de Janeiro”, “Cabo Frio” and “Paraïba”, restricted to “region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil” by Roze (1966: 370).
  • Paralectotype: AMNH 3935, adult ♀, collected by Wied-Neuwied between September 1815 and May 1817.

• Coluber corallinus Raddi, 1820: 336 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Elaps corallinus Merrem, 1820]
  • Holotype: IRMC.
  • Type locality: “vicinanze di Rio-Janeiro [=Rio de Janeiro]”, Brazil.

References

Primary references

• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Raddi, G. 1820. Di alcune specie nuove di rettili e piante brasiliane. Memoria di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana delle Scienze Residente in Modena 18(2): 313–349. BHL Reference page. 
• Wied-Neuwied, M. zu 1820. Ueber die Cobra Coral oder Cobra Coraës der Brasilianer. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 10(1): 105–110. BHL Reference page. 
• Roze, J.A. 1966. On the synonymy and type specimens of the coral snakes Micrurus corallinus and M. ibiboboca (Marcgravii). Copeia 1966(2): 369–371. DOI: 10.2307/1441161 JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Vanzolini, P.E.† & Myers, C.W. 2015. The herpetological collection of Maximilian, Prince of Wied (1782-1867), with special reference to Brazilian materials. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 395: 155 pp. hdl: 2246/6594 Reference page. 

Links

• Cacciali, P., Carreira, S., Fitzgerald, L., Giraudo, A., Kacoliris, F., Montero, R. & Scott, N. 2019. IUCN: Micrurus corallinus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T56040806A56040867. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T56040806A56040867.en. Accessed on 28 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Painted Coral Snake