Micrurus altirostris
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Elapoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elapidae
Genus: Micrurus
Species: Micrurus altirostris
Name
[edit]- Micrurus altirostris (Cope, 1860)
Holotype: ANSP 6857, ♂.
Type locality: “South America”.
Combinations
[edit]- 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]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Micrurus altirostris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 May 2018.
Vernacular names
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