''Micrurus'' is a

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of venomous

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s of the

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Geographic range

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in the genus ''Micrurus'' are

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to the

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Species

The following 83 species are recognized as being valid. *'' Micrurus albicinctus'' Amaral, 1925 *'' Micrurus alleni'' K. Schmidt, 1936 *'' Micrurus altirostris'' (

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, 1860) *'' Micrurus ancoralis'' Jan, 1872 *'' Micrurus annellatus'' W. Peters, 1871 *'' Micrurus averyi'' K. Schmidt, 1939 *'' Micrurus baliocoryphus'' (Cope, 1862) *'' Micrurus bernadi'' (Cope, 1887) *'' Micrurus bocourti'' (Jan, 1872) *'' Micrurus bogerti'' Roze, 1967 *'' Micrurus boicora'' *'' Micrurus brasiliensis'' Roze, 1967 *'' Micrurus browni'' K. Schmidt & H.M. Smith, 1943 *'' Micrurus carvalhoi'' Roze, 1967 *'' Micrurus camilae'' Renjifo & Lundberg, 2003 *'' Micrurus circinalis'' ( A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) *'' Micrurus clarki'' K. Schmidt, 1936 *'' Micrurus collaris'' ( Schlegel, 1837) *'' Micrurus corallinus'' ( Merrem, 1820) *'' Micrurus decoratus'' (Jan, 1858) *'' Micrurus diana'' Roze, 1983 *'' Micrurus diastema'' (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) *'' Micrurus dissoleucus'' Cope, 1860 *'' Micrurus distans'' Kennicott, 1860 *'' Micrurus diutius'' Burger, 1955 *'' Micrurus dumerilii'' Jan, 1858 *'' Micrurus elegans'' Jan, 1858 *'' Micrurus ephippifer'' (Cope, 1886) *'' Micrurus filiformis'' ( Günther, 1859) *'' Micrurus frontalis'' A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 *'' Micrurus frontifasciatus'' ( F. Werner, 1927) *'' Micrurus fulvius'' (

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, 1766) *'' Micrurus helleri'' K. Schmidt & F. Schmidt, 1925 *'' Micrurus hemprichii'' (Jan, 1858) *'' Micrurus hippocrepis'' (W. Peters, 1862) *'' Micrurus ibiboboca'' (Merrem, 1820) *'' Micrurus isozonus'' (Cope, 1860) *'' Micrurus langsdorffi'' ( Wagler, 1824) *'' Micrurus laticollaris'' W. Peters, 1870 *'' Micrurus latifasciatus'' K. Schmidt, 1933 *'' Micrurus lemniscatus'' (

, 1758) *'' Micrurus limbatus''

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, 1964 *'' Micrurus margaritiferus'' Roze, 1967 *'' Micrurus medemi'' Roze, 1967 *'' Micrurus meridensis'' Roze, 1989 *'' Micrurus mertensi'' K. Schmidt, 1936 *'' Micrurus mipartitus'' (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) *'' Micrurus mosquitensis'' K. Schmidt, 1933 *'' Micrurus multifasciatus'' Jan, 1858 *'' Micrurus multiscutatus'' Rendahl & Vestergren, 1941 *'' Micrurus narduccii'' (Jan, 1863) *'' Micrurus nattereri'' K. Schmidt, 1952 *'' Micrurus nebularis'' Roze, 1989 *'' Micrurus nigrocinctus'' ( Girard, 1854) *'' Micrurus obscurus'' (Jan, 1872) *'' Micrurus oligoanellatus''

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, 2002 *'' Micrurus ornatissimus'' (Jan, 1858) *'' Micrurus pacaraimae'' Morato de Carvalho, 2002 *'' Micrurus pachecogili'' Campbell, 2000 *'' Micrurus paraensis'' da Cunha & Nascimento, 1973 *'' Micrurus peruvianus'' K. Schmidt, 1936 *'' Micrurus petersi'' Roze, 1967 *'' Micrurus potyguara''

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, da Silva Jr., Feitosa, Costa-Prudente, Pereira Filho & Zaher, 2014 *'' Micrurus proximans'' H.M. Smith & Chrapliwy, 1958 *'' Micrurus psyches'' ( Daudin, 1803) *'' Micrurus putumayensis'' Lancini, 1962 *'' Micrurus pyrrhocryptus'' (Cope, 1862) *'' Micrurus remotus'' Roze, 1987 *'' Micrurus renjifoi'' ( Lamar, 2003) *'' Micrurus ruatanus'' (Günther, 1895) *'' Micrurus sangilensis'' Nicéforo Maria, 1942 *'' Micrurus scutiventris'' (Cope, 1869) *'' Micrurus serranus'' Harvey, Aparicio & Gonzáles, 2003 *'' Micrurus silviae'' Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins & da Silva Jr., 2007 *'' Micrurus spixii'' Wagler, 1824 *'' Micrurus spurrelli'' (Boulenger, 1914) *'' Micrurus steindachneri'' (F. Werner, 1901) *'' Micrurus stewarti'' Barbour & Amaral, 1928 *'' Micrurus stuarti'' Roze, 1967 *'' Micrurus surinamensis'' ( Cuvier, 1817) *'' Micrurus tener'' Baird & Girard, 1853 *'' Micrurus tikuna'' Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015 *'' Micrurus tricolor'' (Hoge, 1956) *'' Micrurus tschudii'' Jan, 1858 ''

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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Micrurus''.

Reproduction

All species of ''Micrurus'' are oviparous (egg-laying). Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr (1982). ''Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification''. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. . (Genus ''Micrurus'', p. 196).

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