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    Species Accepted

    Micrurus mipartitus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

    Andean red-tailed coral snake [decussatus]
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Micrurus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Andean red-tailed coral snake [decussatus] English
      Cobra-Coral Portuguese
      Cobra-Coral-de-Cauda-Vermelha Portuguese
      Coral de cola roja Spanish
      Coral-Verdadeira Portuguese
      Pacific Red-tailed coral snake [mipartitus] English
      Popayan coral snake [popayanensis] English
      Rabo de ají Spanish
      Redtail Coral Snake English
      Rotschwanz-Korallenotter German

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

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      71 results
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      Kornacker, P. M. (1999). Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag, Rheinbach, Germany, 270 Pp.
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      Savage, J. M. (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna Between Two Continents, Between Two Seas. University of Chicago Press, 934 Pp. [Review in Copeia 2003 (1): 205].
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      Sasa, M., Arias, E., & Chaves, G. (2025). Annotated list of amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: The role of the Museum of Zoology in cataloging the country’s herpetological diversity. Revista de Biología Tropical, 73(S2): E64536-E64536.
      Test, Frederic H.;Sexton, Owen J.;Heatwole, Harold. (1966). Reptiles of Rancho Grande and vicinity, Estado Aragua, Venezuela. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (128): 1-63.
      Solorzano, A. (2004). Serpientes de Costa Rica - Snakes of Costa Rica. Editorial INBio, Costa Rica, 792 Pp.
      Jan, G. (1858). Plan d’une iconographie descriptive des ophidiens et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces des serpents. Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris (2) 10: 438-449, 514-527.

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