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Micrurus diastema

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Micrurus
Species:	M. diastema
Binomial name
*Micrurus diastema* (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)

Synonyms^[2]
Elaps diastema A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 Micrurus diastema — Schmidt, 1933

Micrurus diastema, commonly known as the variable coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to southeastern Mexico and northern Central America.^[1] There are seven recognized subspecies.^[3]

Distribution and habitat

M. diastema occurs in tropical wet, moist, and dry forest from near sea level to 1,250 m (4,100 ft) in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.^[1]

M. diastema is oviparous.^[2]

There are seven subspecies which are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[3]

The subspecific name, sapperi, is in honor of German explorer Karl Theodor Sapper.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Lee, J.; Luque, I.; López-Luna, M.A.; Townsend, J.H. (2020). "Micrurus diastema". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T64021A176644473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T64021A176644473.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Species Micrurus diastema at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
^ ^a ^b "Micrurus diastema ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrurus diastema macdougalli, p. 164; M. d. sapperi, p. 232).

Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Duméril A[-H-A] (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux (= General Herpetology or Complete Natural History of the Reptiles. Volume 7. Second Part. Containing the [Natural] History of the Venomous Snakes). Paris: Roret. xii + pp. 781–1536. (Elaps diastema, new species, p. 1222). (in French).
Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
Schmidt KP (1933). "Preliminary Account of the Coral Snakes of Central America and Mexico". Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 20 (6): 29-40. (Micrurus diastema, new combination, pp. 38–39).

Taxon identifiers
Micrurus diastema	Wikidata: Q3061697 Wikispecies: Micrurus diastema CoL: 6RJKF EoL: 1055848 GBIF: 5226898 iNaturalist: 30591 IRMNG: 10642549 ITIS: 585943 IUCN: 64021 NCBI: 39023 Observation.org: 101460 RD: diastema Species+: 8875
Elaps diastema	Wikidata: Q109522057 ITIS: 1057839

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