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MICRURUS 



MICRURUS ANCORALIS (Jan) 



I872 Elaps marcqrav i i var. ancoral i s Jan, in Jan and Sordelli, Icon. Gen. Ophid., Livr. 42: pi. i, 



fig. 2. Type-locality: Ecuador 

 1925 Micrurus ancoral is — Amaral, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 67: I?- 



Distribution: Eastern Panama to northwestern Ecuador, west of Andes. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Black body bands 16-20 in males, 17-21 in 1. Bandas negras sobre el cuerpo 16-20 en 



females ancoral i s machos, 17-21 en hembras ancoral i s 



Black bands 12-15 in males, 14-16 in Bandas negras sobre el cuerpo 12-15 en 



females jan i machos, 14-16 en hembras jan i 



Mi erurus ancoral i s ancoral i s (Jan) 



I858 Elaps rosenberqi Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, I858: II7, pi. I3. Type-locality: 



Paramba, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador. 

 1536 Micrurus ancoral i s ancoral is — Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: I57. 



Distribution: Rain forests of northwestern Ecuador. 



Micrurus ancoral i s jan i Schmidt 



1536 Micrurus ancoral is jan i Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 20: 157* Type- 

 locality: Andagoya, Choco, Colombia. 



Distribution: Eastern Panama to Choco region of western Colombia. 



MICRURUS ANNELLATUS (Peters) 



I87I Elaps annellatus Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I87I: 402. Type-locality: Pozuzo, Peru. 

 1925 Micrurus annellatus- — Amaral, Mem. Inst. Butantan, 4: 228. 



Distribution: Moderate elevations on Amazonian slopes of Andes, from Ecuador to Bolivia. 



Content: Four subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Black body bands fewer than 41 in males and 1. Bandas negras sobre el cuerpo menos de 41 



49 in females 2 en machos, menos de 49 en hembras 2 



Black body bands 41-61 in males, 49-83 in Bandas negras sobre el cuerpo 41-61 en 

 females annellatus machos, 49-83 en hembras annellatus 



2. Two postoculars 3 2. Dos postoculares 3 



One postoculai balzan i Un postoculai balzan i 



3. Usually 1-2 temporals; light band covers 3- Temporales usualmente 1-2; banda clara 



more than 5O? of parietals boli v ianus cubre mas de 5"^ '^^ parietales-- bolivianus 



Usually 1-1 temporals; light band covers Temporales usualmente 1-1; banda clara 



less than ^Oi of parietals montanus cubre menos de 5'^'^ de parietales-- montanus 



Micrurus annellatus annellatus (Peters) 



1954 Micrurus annellatus annellatus — Schmidt, Fieldiana: Zool., 34: 322, fig. 62. 

 Distribution: Southern Ecuador to central Peru. 



