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Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) is a animal in the Elapidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) (Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820))
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Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820)

Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820)

Micrurus ibiboboca, the caatinga coral snake, is an elapid found in eastern Brazil, often confused with Micrurus lemniscatus.

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Family
Genus
Micrurus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820)

Common Name and Taxonomy

Micrurus ibiboboca, commonly known as the caatinga coral snake, is a species of coral snake that belongs to the family Elapidae.

Distribution

This species is found in eastern Brazil, in the region south of the Amazon.

Misidentification Risk

It is frequently misidentified as Micrurus lemniscatus, a broadly distributed coral snake species.

Photo: (c) Célio Moura Neto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Célio Moura Neto · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Elapidae Micrurus

More from Elapidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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