Micrurus isozonus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Micrurus
Species: Micrurus isozonus
Subspecies (2): M. i. isozonus – M. i. sandneri

Name

• Micrurus isozonus (Cope, 1860)

Syntypes (2): ANSP 6804–05, ♂ and ♀.

Type locality: “South America”, restricted to “Caracas, Venezuela” by Roze (1955: 486).

Combinations

• Elaps isozonus Cope, 1860: 73 [original combination]
• Micrurus isozonus — Schmidt, 1936: 198 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1860. Supplement to "A Catalogue of the Venomous Serpents in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 72–74. 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

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Micrurus isozonus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 May 2018.
• Böhm, M. & Richman, N. 2010. IUCN: Micrurus isozonus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T174105A7015620. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T174105A7015620.en

Vernacular names

• English: Venezuela Coral Snake