Check List 8(3): 516-517, doi: 10.15560/8.3.516
Micrurus annellatus annellatus (Peters, 1871) (Serpentes: Elapidae): distribution extension in the state of Acre, northern Brazil
Paulo Sérgio Bernarde‡,
Moisés Barbosa de Souza‡,
Daniella Pereira Fagundes de França‡,
Marco Antonio de Freitas§ ‡ Universidade Federal do Acre, Brazil§ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio), Brazil
Corresponding author:
Paulo Bernarde
(
snakebernarde@hotmail.com
)
© 2017 Paulo Bernarde, Moisés de Souza, Daniella Pereira França, Marco de Freitas. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Sérgio Bernarde P, Bernarde P, Facure K, Turci L (2012) Micrurus annellatus annellatus (Peters, 1871) (Serpentes: Elapidae): distribution extension in the state of Acre, northern Brazil. Check List 8(3): 516-517. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.3.516 | |
Abstract
The annellated coral snake Micrurus annellatus (Peters, 1871) occurs from southern Ecuador and southeastern Colombia to southeastern Peru and north of Bolivia. Only Micrurus a. bolivianus has been recorded in Brazil, in the state of Amazonas. Herein we provide two records of Micrurus a. annellatus from Brazil in the state of Acre.