Micrurus nebularis, also known commonly as the cloud forest coral snake and the Neblina coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to southern Mexico. www.reptile-database.org.
Description Micrurus nebularis is a small species for its genus. The holotype, which is the longest specimen measured, has a total length (tail included) of .
The color pattern consists of red, yellow, and black rings. The black rings are not arranged in triads. The color pattern is very similar to that of Micrurus fulvius, but without black-tipped scales within the red rings. The black rings number 23–24 in males, 26–28 in females.
Males lack supraanal tubercles.
Geographic distribution Micrurus nebularis is found in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Puebla, in the Sierra Madre del Sur.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Micrurus nebularis is pine–oak forest, at elevations of .
Behavior Micrurus nebularis is terrestrial, and it is both nocturnal and crepuscular.
Diet Micrurus nebularis preys on small terrestrial snakes such as Geophis dubius. xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. (Micrurus nebularis, p. 201 + Map 29 + Pattern 35).
Reproduction Micrurus nebularis is oviparous.
Taxonomy Reyes-Velasco et al. (2020) suggested that Micrurus nebularis may be a synonym of Micrurus ephippifer along with Micrurus bogerti, Micrurus browni, and Micrurus pachecogili.
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Further reading
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(Micrurus nebularis, new species, pp. 9–11, Figure 5 + Map 1 on p. 13). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).