Photo of a Oaxacan Coral Snake (Micrurus ephippifer)
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA, via iNaturalist

Oaxacan Coral Snake

Micrurus ephippifer

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Elapid
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Micrurus
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Recorded in 28 places on iNaturalist
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Oaxacan Coral Snake (Micrurus ephippifer) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in 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 8 more. Recorded in 28 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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