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Micrurus fulvius
Sign in to saveAlso known as eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra
species of reptile
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyElapidae
Maximum longevity: 19 years (captivity)
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,684
- With media
- 81
- Family
- Elapidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ASNHC, MVZ, MSB, APSU, UTEP
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Micrurus fulvius
- Commons category
- Micrurus fulvius
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- Micrurus fulvius
- taxon common name
- Eastern Coral Snake
- endemic to
- United States
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- M. fulvius
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Encyclopedic overview
Micrurus fulvius, commonly known as the eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra, and more, is a species of highly venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to the southeastern United States. The family also contains the cobras and sea snakes.
Its appearance is sometimes confused with that of the scarlet snake (Cemophora coccinea) or scarlet kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides), which are nonvenomous mimics. No subspecies are recognized as being valid. Although the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed M. fulvius as "Least Concern" in 2007 based on its total global population size (Hammerson, 2007), it is of significant conservation concern at the local level throughout most of its range; it is listed as Endangered in North Carolina (North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 2014), Imperiled in South Carolina (South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 2014), and of Highest Conservation Concern in Alabama (Outdoor Alabama, 2017).
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