Micrurus distans, also known commonly as the clear-banded coral snake and the West Mexican coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Mexico. www.reptile-database.org.
Description The color pattern of Micrurus distans consists of red, black, and yellow rings. The red rings are very wide, and the enclosed dorsal scales usually lack black tips, or have only a few. Adults usually have a total length (tail included) of . The maximum recorded total length is . xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. (Micrurus distans, pp. 161–163 + Map 15 + Color 18 + Pattern 18–19).
Geographic distribution Micrurus distans is found in the western Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Colima, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora, and Zacatecas
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Micrurus distans is forest.
Behavior Micrurus distans is terrestrial and fossorial.
Reproduction Micrurus distans is oviparous.
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Further reading
[Volume 12]. (Elaps distans, new species, p. 338). (Micrurus distans, p. 53).
(Micrurus diastema distans, new combination, p. 39).