Leptomicrurus renjifoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 Cladus: 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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Elapinae
Genus: Leptomicrurus
Species: Leptomicrurus renjifoi

Name

Leptomicrurus renjifoi Lamar, 2003: 806

• Holotype: UTA R-3490, adult ♀, collected by Flavio Barney in August 1969.
• Type locality: “the south side of the Río Tomo, near its juncture with the Río Orinoco, 97 km SSW of Puerto Carreño, Comisaría del Vichada, Colombia, 115 m”.

References

Primary references

• Lamar, W.W. 2003. A new species of slender coralsnake from Colombia, and its clinal and ontogenetic variation (Serpentes, Elapidae: Leptomicrurus). Revista de Biología Tropical 51(3-4): 805–810.

Links

• Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J. & Urbina, N. 2019. IUCN: Leptomicrurus renjifoi  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44581900A44581907. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44581900A44581907.en. Accessed on 16 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Renjifo’s Coral Snake