Texas coral snake

Texas coral snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Micrurus
Species:
M. tener
Binomial name
Micrurus tener
(Baird & Girard, 1853)
Synonyms[2]
  • Elaps tenere
    Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Micrurus fulvius tener
    — Conant & Collins, 1991
  • Micrurus tener
    — Collins, 1991

Micrurus tener, commonly known as the Texas coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to the southern United States and adjacent northeastern and central Mexico. Six subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies, Micrurus tener tener[1][2] The species Micrurus tener was once considered to be a subspecies of the eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius).

  1. ^ a b Hammerson, G.A.; Lavin, P.; Mendoza Quijano, F. (2007). "Micrurus tener ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64033A12738512. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64033A12738512.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Species Micrurus tener at The Reptile Database