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    Species Accepted

    Micrurus multifasciatus (Jan, 1858)

    Costa Rican gargantilla [hertwigi]
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Micrurus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      9 results
      Coral panameña Spanish
      Costa Rican gargantilla [hertwigi] English
      Gargantilla English
      Many-banded Coral Snake English
      Panama gargantilla [multifasciatus] English
      Serpente corallo multifasciato Italian
      Vielbinden-Korallenotter German
      Vielstreifen-Korallenotter German
      Многополосый коралловый аспид Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Fuentes, Rogemif; Aschcroft, Jesse; Erick Barría, Helio Quintero-Arrieta, Alexis Baules, Abel Batista, Eduardo Zambrano, Marcos Ponce. (2023). Herpetological diversity in forests of Portobelo National Park, Colón Biological Corridor, Panama. Reptiles & Amphibians 30 (1): E18434.
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      Villa, J. (1972). Un coral (Micrurus) blanco y negro de Costa Rica. Brenesia 1: 10-13.
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      Citation

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