Caribbean versant from central Veracruz and the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas southeastward through southern Tabasco and northern Chiapas, mexico, and the northern mountains of Guatemala to the Sierra de las Minas.
Holotype: destroyed, formerly at Museo civico di Storia naturale di Milano according to Golay et al,, 1993, Endogly. Venom. Snakes world 478pp.[165].
Type-locality: Mexico; restricted to jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor, 1950, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 33(8):313-380[348]
Two subspecies, namely M. e. elegans (Jan, 1858) and M. e. veraepacis Schmidt, 1933, were recognized by Roze, 1983 [dated 1982], Mem. Inst. Butantan 46:305-338[322], the most recent reviewer.
The elegant coral snake (Micrurus elegans) is a species of elapid snake, native to southern Mexico and Guatemala.[1] There are two recognized subspecies.[3]
M. elegans occurs at elevations from 500–1,000 m (1,600–3,300 ft) above sea level in southern Mexico (from central Veracruz, northern Oaxaca, and the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, southeastward through southern Tabasco, northern Chiapas), and Guatemala (the Caribbean versant of the northern mountains of Guatemala southwards to the Sierra de las Minas).[1]
The preferred natural habitat of M. elegans is forest, but it has also been found in agricultural areas.[1]
There are two subspecies that are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Micrurus.
The elegant coral snake (Micrurus elegans) is a species of elapid snake, native to southern Mexico and Guatemala. There are two recognized subspecies.
