Micrurus bernadi

Micrurus bernadi is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to eastern Mexico.[1] There are currently no recognized subspecies.[3]

Micrurus bernadi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Micrurus
Species:
M. bernadi
Binomial name
Micrurus bernadi
(Cope, 1887)
Synonyms[2]
  • Elaps bernadi
    Cope, 1887
  • Micrurus bernadi
    — Schmidt, 1933
  • Micrurus bernadi
    — Roze, 1996

Etymology

The specific name, bernadi, is in honor of French physician Santiago Bernad, who collected the type specimen.[4]

Geographic range

Within Mexico, M. bernadi is found from eastern Hidalgo southward to northern Puebla and parts of northwestern Veracruz.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. bernadi is forest.[1]

Reproduction

M. bernadi is oviparous.[1][2]

References
  1. Flores-Villela, O.; Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Micrurus bernadi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64018A12736215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64018A12736215.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Species Micrurus bernadi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. "Micrurus bernadi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrurus bernadi, p. 24).

Further reading
  • Cope ED (1887). "Catalogue of Batrachians and Reptiles of Central America and Mexico". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 32, 1-98. (Elaps bernadi, new species, p. 87).
  • Roze JA (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing. 340 pp. ISBN 0894648470.
  • Schmidt KP (1933). "Preliminary Account of the Coral Snakes of Central America and Mexico". Field Museum of Natural History Zoological Series 20 (6): 29–40. (Micrurus bernadi, p. 40).
  • Woolrich-Piña GA, Smith GR, Lemos-Espinal JA, Méndez de la Cruz FR (2019). "Micrurus bernadi (Saddled Coralsnake) Thermal Ecology". Herpetological Review 50 (1): 163.


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