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Micrurus lemniscatus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 700598

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Coluber lemniscatus Linnaeus, 1758
  
  Common Name(s): South American Coral Snake [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyElapidae F. Boie, 1827 – Cobras, Coral Snakes, Elapids, Kraits, Coralsnakes  
                                     SubfamilyElapinae F. Boie, 1827  
                                        GenusMicrurus Wagler, 1824 – American Coral Snakes, American Coralsnakes  
                                           SpeciesMicrurus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – South American Coral Snake  
    Direct Children:  
                                              Subspecies Micrurus lemniscatus carvalhoi Roze, 1967  
                                              Subspecies Micrurus lemniscatus diutius Burger, 1955  
                                              Subspecies Micrurus lemniscatus frontifasciatus (Werner, 1927)  
                                              Subspecies Micrurus lemniscatus helleri K. P. Schmidt and F. J. W. Schmidt, 1925  
                                              Subspecies Micrurus lemniscatus lemniscatus (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

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  Source: Reptile Database (2017), website (version 24-Dec-16)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)   
  Reference for: Micrurus lemniscatus, South American Coral Snake [English]   
       
  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Micrurus lemniscatus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): David, Patrick, and Ivan Ineich  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Les serpents venimeux du monde: systematique et repartition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Dumerilia, vol. 3   
  Page(s): 3-499   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1256-7779   
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  Reference for: Micrurus lemniscatus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: South America  
       
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