Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872) is a animal in the Elapidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872)

Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872)

Micrurus obscurus is an elapid snake species found across multiple countries in northwestern South America.

Family
Genus
Micrurus
Order
Class
Squamata

About Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872)

Micrurus obscurus, commonly known as the black-neck Amazonian coral snake or the Bolivian coral snake, is a species of snake that belongs to the family Elapidae. This species can be found in Colombia, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Photo: (c) Martin Acosta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Martin Acosta · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Elapidae Micrurus

More from Elapidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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