Caatinga Coral Snake
Micrurus ibiboboca
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Non-constrictor
- Type
- Elapid
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Micrurus
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Recorded in 14 places on iNaturalist
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Caatinga Coral Snake (Micrurus ibiboboca) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Brazil. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical dry forest, tropical seasonal forest and 16 more. Recorded in 14 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Coastal Scrub
- Atlantic Rainforest
- Cerrado Savanna
- Caatinga Dry Forest
- Coastal Restinga
Related snakes
- Boicora Coral Snake Micrurus boicora
- Central American Coral Snake Micrurus nigrocinctus
- Silvia coralsnake Micrurus silviae
- Allen's Coral Snake Micrurus alleni
- Pygmy Coral Snake Micrurus dissoleucus
- Merida Coral Snake Micrurus meridensis
- Broad-ringed Coral Snake Micrurus latifasciatus
- Carib Coral Snake Micrurus psyches
- Saddled Coral Snake Micrurus bernadi
- Oaxacan Coral Snake Micrurus ephippifer
- Redtail Coral Snake Micrurus mipartitus
- Roatan Coral Snake Micrurus ruatanus
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.