Micrurus diutius Burger, 1955

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Micrurus diutius Burger, 1955

Type locality. Tunapuna, Trinidad .

Distribution. Known from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela on the Guiana Shield ( Plt. 93A ). In Brazil, recorded in northern Amazonia and Guianan savanna ( Plt. 93A ) at low elevations ( Plt. 93B ). Previous maps and taxonomy in Roze (1996), Campbell and Lamar (2004), and Silva Jr. et al. (2016). Observed in the field in forest ( Terribile et al., 2018).

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Plate 93. Distribution map of Micrurus diutius in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.