Annellated coral snake
Coral anillada
Cobra coral anelada
These snakes reach a maximum size of 73 cm, the average size is between 45 and 60 cm. M. annellatus is a single banded coral snake. The dorsal pattern consists of either predominantly black scales with thin white bands or predominantly red scales with thin black stripes, rimmed with white scales. In the black and white variety, there is a thin white parietal crossband.
M. annellatus is known to prey on small, secretive, limbless lizards (Bachia) and blind snakes (Leptotyphlops melanotermus) (Roze, 1996).
Amazonian slopes of the Andes from southern Ecuador through Peru to central Bolivia. There is an isolated record from Amazonas, Brazil, and a questionable record from Iquitos, Peru (Roze, 1996).
Low montane rain forests and high montane humid forests of the upper Amazon, between 600 and 2000 m. Populations recognized as subspecies M. a. balzani can be found in humid and dry forests between 500 and 2000 m in the eastern Andes in western Bolivia and upper Amazon humid valleys of northern Bolivia. Populations recognized as subspecies M. a. bolivianus can be found in medium to high montane humid or dry forests of the eastern Andes and high Amazonian valleys in central Bolivia, between 1200 and 2200 m.
Holotype: ZMB 7185, according to Bauer, Günther, and Klipfel, 1995, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 714pp[75].
Type-locality: Pozuzu [=Ponzuzo], Peru.
Three subspecies are recognized by Roze (1996), M. a. annellatus, M. a. balzani and M. a. bolivianus.
Micrurus annellatus, commonly known as Annellated coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake native to southeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil.[1] There are three recognized subspecies, including the nominate subspecies described here.[2]
There are 3 recognized subspecies:[2]
Annellated coral snake. In Spanish: cobra-coral anelada, coral anilada, naca-naca.[1]
The Annellated coral snake can grow to 70 cm (28 in), but most are closer to 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in). Its color pattern may vary between subspecies: overall dark blue to black, with narrow rings of white, yellow, pale blue (M. a. annellatus), or dull red (M. a. balzani). Tricolored specimens are black, red, & yellow and color patterns do not occur in "triads".[1]
It is mainly found in montane wet forest and cloud forest at elevations ranging from 300 up to 2,000 m.[1]
Micrurus annellatus, commonly known as Annellated coral snake, is a species of venomous elapid snake native to southeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil. There are three recognized subspecies, including the nominate subspecies described here.
