Micrurus bocourti
| Micrurus bocourti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Micrurus |
| Species: | M. bocourti |
| Binomial name | |
| Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872) | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Micrurus bocourti, also known commonly as the Ecuador coral snake, the Ecuadorian coral snake, the false triad coral snake, and coral de tríadas falsas in South American Spanish, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.[3]: 28
Geographic distribution
[edit]Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Micrurus bocourti is forest, at elevations from sea level to 1,456 m (4,777 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]Micrurus bocourti is terrestrial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2019). "Micrurus bocourti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T44581931A44581940. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T44581931A44581940.en. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 "Micrurus bocourti ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
[edit]- Freiberg, M. (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. 189 pp. (Micrurus bocourti, p. 114).
- Jan, G. (1872). In: Jan, G.; Sordelli, F. (1872). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Quarante-deuxième livraison. Paris: J.B. Baillière et fils. Index + Plates I–VI. (Elaps Bocourti, new species, Plate VI, figure 2). (in French).
- Roze, J.A. (1989). "New Species and Subspecies of Coral Snakes, Genus Micrurus (Elapidae), with Notes on Type Specimens of Several Species". American Museum Novitates (2932): 1–15. (Micrurus catamayensis, new species, pp. 3–5, Figure 1). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Roze, J.A. (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89464-847-0. xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. (Micrurus bocourti, pp. 145–146 + Map 5 + Color 10; M. catamayensis, pp. 148–149 + Map 11 + Color 11).
- Schmidt, K.P. (1936). "Preliminary Account of Coral Snakes of South America". Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History. 20 (19): 189–203. (Micrurus ecuadorianus, new species, p. 196).
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