Photo of a Guangxi Coral Snake (Sinomicrurus peinani)
Photo: Haitong and Nicola, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Guangxi Coral Snake

Sinomicrurus peinani

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Elapid
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Sinomicrurus
Continents
Asia
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 36 places on iNaturalist
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Guangxi Coral Snake (Sinomicrurus peinani) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in China, Vietnam. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 11 more. Recorded in 36 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.

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