Micrurus stewarti
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Micrurus |
| Species: | M. stewarti |
| Binomial name | |
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Micrurus stewarti, also known commonly as the Panamanian coral snake, the Panamenian coral snake, and coral panameña in New World Spanish, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Panama.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, stewarti, is in honor of Thomas H. Stewart Jr., United States Army Medical Corps, who collected the holotype.[2][3][4]
The specific name of the synonym, schmidti, is in honor of American herpetoogist Karl Patterson Schmidt, who had a special interest in coral snakes.[4]
Description
Micrurus stewarti is medium-sized for its genus. Adults usually have a total length (tail included) of 50–70 cm (20–28 in). The maximum recorded total length is 83 cm (33 in).[4]
M. stewarti is a bi-colored New World coral snake. Its color pattern consists of only red and black rings. There are no yellow or white rings present. The black rings are usually unequal in width, alternating wider and narrower. The red rings are 2–4 dorsals and 3–6 ventrals wide. The wider black rings are 8–14 dorsals and 7–12 ventrals wide, and the narrower black rings are 5–11 dorsals wide. There are 13–25 black rings on the body.[4]
Males have 200–207 ventrals and 50–55 subcaudals, and have supraanal tubercles. Females have 224–228 ventrals and 36–40 subcaudals, and have small supraanal tubercles or weak keels.[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Micrurus stewarti, is forest, at elevations of 20–850 m (66–2,789 ft).[1]
Behavior
Micrurus stewarti is terrestrial and semi-fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
References
- 1 2 3 Ibáñez, R.; Jaramillo, C. (2013). "Micrurus stewarti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T203631A2769249. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203631A2769249.en. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 Species Micrurus stewarti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrurus stewarti, p. 254).
- 1 2 3 4 5 Roze, J.A. (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. ISBN 0-89464-847-0. xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. (Micrurus stewarti, p. 220 + Map 35 + Pattern 48).
Further reading
- Barbour, T.; Amaral, A. (1928). "A New Elapid from Western Panama". Bulletin of the Antivenin Institute of America, Philadelphia. 1 (4): 100. (Micrurus stewarti, new species).
- Campbell, J.A.; Lamar, W.W. (1989). Venomous Reptiles of Latin America. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0801420597. xiv + 430 pp., 568 figures, 109 distribution maps, 31 tables.
- Dunn, E.R. (1940). "New and Noteworthy Herpetological Material from Panama". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 92: 105–122. (Micrurus schmidti, new species, p. 119).
- Jaramillo, C.; Wilson, L.D.; Ibáñez, R.; Jaramillo, F. (2010). "The herpetofauna of Panama: distribution and conservation status". pp. 604–671. In: Wilson, L.D.; Townsend, J.H.; Johnson, J.D. (editors). (2010). Conservation of Mesoamerican Amphibians and Reptiles. Eagle Mountain, Utah: Eagle Mountain Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0972015448. xvii + 812 pp.
- Roze, J.A. (1967). "A Check List of the New World Venomous Coral Snakes (Elapidae), with Descriptions of New Forms". American Museum Novitates (2287): 1–60. (Micrurus stewarti, p. 47).