Micrurus nattereri Schmidt, 1952

Passos, Paulo & Fernandes, Daniel S., 2005, Variation and taxonomic status of the aquatic coral snake Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1817) (Serpentes: Elapidae), Zootaxa 953, pp. 1-14 : 10

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.171194

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6269065

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Micrurus nattereri Schmidt, 1952
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Micrurus nattereri Schmidt, 1952 (new status)

Micrurus surinamensis nattereri Schmidt, 1952 , Fieldiana, Zoology, 34, 29

Holotype: Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt, number 20708, a female from a locality between Guaramaco and San Fernando de Atabapo in upper Orinoco River, Venezuela, collected by G. Hübner in 1895 [not examined].

Diagnosis: Distinguished from other species of the genus (except from M. surinamensis ) by frontal scale narrower than supraoculars; only one supralabial (4th) contacting the eye; head flattened with nostrils and eyes directed upwards; process pseudocoronoid extremely developed; distinguished from M. surinamensis by having 180–195 (instead of 156–174) ventrals in males and 193–215 (instead of 169–187) ventrals in females; supratemporals reaching only the posterior portion of exoccipitals rather than extending well beyond exoccipitals in M.surinamensis ; posterior portion of parietal bone blunter than in M. surinamensis which has a conspicuous sharp projection in this region.

Description and color in preservative: Scutellation and color pattern are like to Micrurus surinamensis .

Skull: General osteological features are like to Micrurus surinamensis , except that supratemporals reach only the posterior portion of exoccipitals; posterior portion of parietal bone is blunter than in M. surinamensis ; the angle formed by the point of articulation of the dentary with surangular is of approximately 20o.

Variation: Largest male 570 mm SVL, 80 mm TL; largest female 605 mm SVL, 69 mm TL; ventrals 180–195 (x = 187.3; SD = 4.65; N = 8) in males; 193–206 (x = 197.6; SD = 5.13; N = 5) in females; subcaudals 33–41 (x = 38.6; SD = 2.62; N = 8) in males; 30–38 (x = 34.0; SD = 3.8) in females; supralabials 7–8 (x = 7.2; SD = 0.42; N = 10); infralabials 7–8 (x = 7.1; SD = 0.3; N = 11); temporals 1+2 (N = 17 sides), 1+3 (N = 3 sides); number of triads 6–8 (x = 7.2; SD = 0.8; N = 13); width of the central triad at the level of the midbody 5–10 scales (x = 8.0; SD = 1.41; N = 9); width of interspaces 6–12 scales (x = 8.8; SD = 1.92; N = 9); hemipenis (in situ) extends 13–15 subcaudal scales, and the retractor muscle extends 10–25 subcaudal scales.

Distribution (fig. 10): Distributed along the Equatorial forest associated to upper Orinoco and Negro Rivers, from southern Venezuela and Colombia to northern Brazil.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Micrurus

Loc

Micrurus nattereri Schmidt, 1952

Passos, Paulo & Fernandes, Daniel S. 2005
2005
Loc

Micrurus surinamensis nattereri

Schmidt 1952
1952
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