Photo of a Redtail Coral Snake (Micrurus mipartitus)
Photo: Sindy Martinez, CC BY, via iNaturalist
Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Non-constrictor
Type
Elapid
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Micrurus
Continents
South America, North America
Countries
6
How common
Common
Diet
Eats other snakes

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About

Redtail Coral Snake (Micrurus mipartitus) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and 1 more. 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 18 more. Common: recorded in 128 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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