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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Elapidae
Sonoran Coralsnake
Micruroides euryxanthus
(Kennicott, 1860)
Current SSAR Comments:
There are no current SSAR comments for this taxon.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
King Snake
(
Elaps euryxanthus
: Coues, Elliott.
1875
. Synopsis of the reptiles and batrachians of Arizona with critical and field notes, and an extensive synonymy. Report upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian. Volume 5. ():585-633);
Harlequin Snake
(
Elaps euryxanthus
: Coues, Elliott.
1875
. Synopsis of the reptiles and batrachians of Arizona with critical and field notes, and an extensive synonymy. Report upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian. Volume 5. ():585-633);
Ring Snake
(
Elaps euryxanthus
: Coues, Elliott.
1875
. Synopsis of the reptiles and batrachians of Arizona with critical and field notes, and an extensive synonymy. Report upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian. Volume 5. ():585-633);
Sonora Harlequin Snake
(
Elaps euryxanthus
: Yarrow, Henry C.
1882
. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249);
Sonoran Coral Snake
(
Elaps euryxanthus
: Stejneger, Leonhard.
1895
. The poisonous snakes of North America. Annual Report of the United States National Museum 1893(2):337-487);
Sonoran Coral Snake
(
Elaps euryxanthus
: Stejneger, Leonhard.
1895
. The poisonous snakes of North America. Annual Report of the United States National Museum 1893(2):337-487);
Sonoran Coral Snake
(
Micrurus euryxanthus
: Van Denburgh, John.
1922
. The Reptiles of Western North America: An Account of the Species Known to Inhabit California and Oregon, Washinton, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, British Columbia, Sonora, and Lower California. Volume I. Lizards. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 556pp.);
Arizona Coral Snake
(
Micruroides euryxanthus
: Schmidt, Karl Peterson and D. D. Davis.
1941
. Field Book of Snakes of the United States and Canada. C.P. Putnam and Sons, New York. 365pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1860
Kennicott, Robert. Descriptions of new species of North American serpents in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 12():328-338
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