Photo of a Putumayo Coral Snake (Micrurus putumayensis)
Photo: John Sullivan, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Elapid
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Micrurus
Continents
South America
Countries
3
How common
Rare
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Putumayo Coral Snake (Micrurus putumayensis) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 3 more. Rare: recorded in only 1 place 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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