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    Species Accepted

    Micrurus mosquitensis Schmidt, 1933

    Costa Rican Coral Snake
    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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      11 results
      Coral Costariccense Spanish
      Coral Costarricense Spanish
      Coral costarriqueña Spanish
      Costa Rican Coral Snake English
      Misquito coral snake English
      Misquito-Korallenotter German
      Misquito-koralslange Danish
      Mosquito Coral Snake English
      Serpente corallo costaricense Italian
      Serpente corallo del Costa Rica Italian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
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      Jowers, M.J., Smart, U., Sánchez-Ramírez, S. et al. (2023). Unveiling underestimated species diversity within the Central American Coralsnake, a medically important complex of venomous taxa. Sci Rep 13, 11674.
      Porras, L. W., & Solórzano, A. (2006). Costa Rica’s venomous snakes. Reptilia (GB) (48): 11-17.
      Schmidt, K. P. (1933). Preliminary account of the coral snakes of Central America and Mexico. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 20: 29-40.
      Silva Jr, Nelson Jorge da; Marcus Augusto Buononato & Darlan Tavares Feitosa. (2016). AS COBRAS-CORAIS DO NOVO MUNDO. In: Silva (ed) Cobras corais do Brasil. Goiânia, Pp. 41-69.
      Sasa, M., Arias, E., & Chaves, G. (2025). Annotated list of amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: The role of the Museum of Zoology in cataloging the country’s herpetological diversity. Revista de Biología Tropical, 73(S2): E64536-E64536.
      Welch, K. R. G. (1994). Snakes of the World. A Checklist. I. Venomous snakes. KCM Books, Somerset, England.
      McConnell, G. J. (2013). A field guide to the snakes of Costa Rica. Edition Chimaira, 233 Pp. [Review in Reptilia 114: 74, 2015].
      Solorzano, A. (2004). Serpientes de Costa Rica - Snakes of Costa Rica. Editorial INBio, Costa Rica, 792 Pp.
      Hilje B, Chaves G, Klank J, Timmerman F, Feltham J, Gillingwater S, Piraino T, & Rojas E. (2020). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Tirimbina Biological Reserve: a baseline for conservation, research and environmental education in a lowland tropical wet forest in Costa Rica. Check List 16(6): 1633-1655.

      Citation

      Micrurus mosquitensis Schmidt, 1933 in undefined