Photo of a Central American Coral Snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus)
Photo: Roland Rumm, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Central American Coral Snake

Micrurus nigrocinctus

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Elapid
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Micrurus
Continents
North America
Countries
3
How common
Common
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Central American Coral Snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Belize, Guatemala, Mexico. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 11 more. Common: recorded in 292 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.

Related snakes

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