Photo of a Panamenian Coral Snake (Micrurus stewarti)
Photo: Michael Roy, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Panamenian Coral Snake

Micrurus stewarti

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Elapid
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Micrurus
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Rare
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Panamenian Coral Snake (Micrurus stewarti) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Panama. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 2 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 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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