Micrurus annellatus, commonly known as the annellated coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to northwestern South America. There are three recognized subspecies, including the nominate subspecies.
Geographic distribution Micrurus annellatus is found in Bolivia, western Brazil, southeastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru.
Subspecies The following three subspecies of Micrurus annellatus are recognized as being valid. Micrurus annellatus annellatus – common annellated coral snake Micrurus annellatus balzanii – Yungas coral snake Micrurus annellatus bolivianus – Bolivian coral snake
Local common names The annellated coral snake is commonly called coral anilada and naca-naca in South American Spanish, and cobra-coral anelada in Brazilian Portuguese.
Description The annellated coral snake can grow to a total length (tail included) of , but most are closer to . Its color pattern may vary among subspecies: overall dark blue to black, with narrow rings of white, yellow, or pale blue (M. a. annellatus); or narrow rings of dull red (M. a. balzani). Tricolored specimens are black, red, and yellow, with color pattern not occurring in "triads".
Habitat Micrurus annellatus is mainly found in montane wet forest and cloud forest, at elevations of .
Reproduction Micrurus annellatus is oviparous. www.reptile-database.org. Clutch size is fewer than 15 eggs.
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Further reading
(Elaps balzani, new species, pp. 130–131). 189 pp. (Micrurus annellatus, p. 114). (Elaps annellatus, new species, p. 402). (in German). (Micrurus annellatus bolivianus, new subspecies, pp. 7–8 + Figure 2). xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. (Micrurus annellatus, pp. 142–144 + Map 8 + Color 8 + Pattern 4–5). (Micrurus annellatus montanus, new subspecies, pp. 322–324, Figure 63).