Redtail Coralsnake

About the Redtail Coralsnake

Micrurus mipartitus, also known commonly as the red-tailed coral snake, the many-banded coral snake, and rabo de ají in local Spanish, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Central America and northern South America. The red-tailed coral snake is common in agricultural areas in Colombia. Its highly neurotoxic venom is known to cause seizures in its prey by activating nerve proteins responsible for seizures within it.

Five subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. Micrurus mipartitus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Pacific red-tailed coral snake Micrurus mipartitus anomalus (Boulenger, 1896) – Santa Marta red-tailed coral snake

Micrurus mipartitus decussatus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Andean red-tailed coral snake Micrurus mipartitus popayanensis Ayerbe, M.A. Tidwell & M. Tidwell, 1990 – Popayan red-tailed coral snake Micrurus mipartitus rozei Golay, Chiszar, H.M. Smith & van Breukelen, 1999 – Roze's red-tailed coral snake

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus... Wikipedia →