Skip to main content
Login

    Species Accepted

    Micrurus frontalis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

    Short-tailed coral snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Micrurus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Loading

      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      View all

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      16 results
      Boipinima Portuguese
      Cobra coral do cerrado Portuguese
      Cobra-Coral Portuguese
      Cobra-Coral-do-Sul Portuguese
      Cobra-Corá Portuguese
      Coral Portuguese
      Coral-Verdadeira Portuguese
      Coral-de-Cara-Preta Portuguese
      Serpente corallo meridionale Italian
      Short-tailed coral snake English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
      Source Dataset
      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      46 results
      Nascimento, L. R., Graboski, R., Silva JR, N. J., & Prudente, A. L. (2024). Integrative taxonomy of Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820)(Serpentes, Elapidae) reveals three new species of coral snake. Systematics and Biodiversity, 22(1): 2315958.
      Guedes, Thaís B.; Ricardo J. Sawaya, Alexander Zizka, Shawn Laffan, Søren Faurby, R. Alexander Pyron, Renato S. Bérnils, Martin Jansen, Paulo Passos, Ana L. C. Prudente, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Henrique B. Braz, Cristiano de C. Nogueira, Alexandre Antonelli. (2017). Patterns, biases and prospects in the distribution and diversity of Neotropical snakes. Global Ecol Biogeogr 00:1–8.
      Nogueira, Cristiano C.; Antonio J.S. Argôlo, Vanesa Arzamendia, Josué A. Azevedo, Fausto E. Barbo, Renato S. Bérnils, Bruna E. Bolochio, Marcio Borges-Martins, Marcela Brasil-Godinho, Henrique Braz, Marcus A. Buononato, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Guarino R. Colli, Henrique C. Costa, Francisco L. Franco, Alejandro Giraudo, Rodrigo C. Gonzalez, Thaís Guedes, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Otavio A.V. Marques, Giovanna G. Montingelli, Paulo Passos, Ana L.C. Prudente, Gilson A. Rivas, Paola M. Sanchez, Filipe C. Serrano, Nelson J. Silva Jr., Christine Strüssmann, João Paulo S. Vieira-Alencar, Hussam Zaher, Ricardo J. Sawaya, Marcio Martins. (2019). Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna. South American J. Herp. 14 (Special Issue 1):1-274.
      Vitt, L. J.; Caldwell, J. P.; Colli, G. R.; Garda, A. A.; Mesquita, D. O.; França, F. G. R. e Balbino, S. F. (2002). Um guia fotográfico dos répteis e anfíbios da região do Jalapão no Cerrado brasileiro. Norman, Oklahoma: Special Publications in Herpetology. San Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
      GUEDES, THAÍS B.; CRISTIANO NOGUEIRA & OTAVIO A. V. MARQUES. (2014). Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3863 (1): 001–093.
      Schmidt, Karl P. (1936). Preliminary account of coral snakes of South America. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 20 (19): 189-203.
      Da SILVA, N. J. JR. & J. W. JR. SITES. (1999). Revision of the Micrurus frontalis complex (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetological Monographs 13: 142-194.
      Fiorillo, B. F., Maciel, J. H., & Martins, M. (2021). Composition and natural history of a snake community from the southern Cerrado, southeastern Brazil. ZooKeys 1056: 95-147.
      Grego, K. F., Rocha, M. M. T., Morais-Zani, K., Tanaka-Azevedo, A. M., & Sant’Anna, S. S. (2021). Length, weight, and longevity record for Micrurus frontalis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854). Brazilian Journal of Biology, 83.
      Filho, P L & Aoki, C; (2018). Micrurus frontalis (Cerrado Coralsnake) Predation. Herpetological Review 49 (4): 756-757.

      Citation

      Micrurus frontalis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) in undefined