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MICRURUS 



Micrurus lemniscatus lemniscatus (Linnaeus) 



1555 [ m i crurus j lemniscatus lemniscatus — Burger, Bol. Mus. Cien. Nat. Caracas, 1: 40. 

 Distribution: Northern parts of Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana. 



Micrurus lemn i scatus carvalho i Roze 



1567 M i crurus lemn iscatus carvalho i Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287= 33> "fig- H- Type-locality: 

 Catanduva, SSo Paulo, Brazil. 



Distribution: Amazon Basin of Brazil. 



Micrurus lemn i scatus diut i us Burger 



1555 Mi crurus lemn iscatus d iut ius Burger, Bol. Mus. Cien. Nat., Caracas, 1: 8. Type-locality: 

 Tunapuna, Trinidad. 



Distribution: Trinidad, eastern Venezuela, and central areas of Guyana, Surinam, and French 

 Gu i ana . 



Micrurus lemn i scatus front if asc iatus (Werner) 



1927 Flaps front ifasc iatus Werner. Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Vienna, 135= 25O. Type-locality: Bolivia. 

 1567 M icrurus lemn iscatus front i fasc iatus — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 3*- 



Distribution: Eastern Andean slopes in Bolivia. 



M icrurus lemn i scatus heller i Schmidt and Schmidt 



iq2S Micrurus helleri Schmidt and Schmidt, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 12: I25. 



Type-locality: Pozuzo, Huanuco, Peru. 

 1967 M i crurus lemn i scatus heller i — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 35- 



Distribution: Northern Brazil, southern Venezuela and Colombia to Amazonian foothills of 

 Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. 



MICRURUS MARGARITIFERUS Roze 



1967 Micrurus margar i t i f erus Roze. Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 35, fig. 12. Type-locality: Boca R'o 

 Santiago-Rfo Marafion, Peru. 



Distribution: Known only from type-locality. 



MICRURUS MERTENSI Schmidt 



1936 Micrurus mertensi Schmidt. Zool. Ser. Field Must. Nat. Hist., 20: I92. Type-locality: 

 Pacasmayo, Peru. 



Distribution: Lowlands of southwestern Ecuador to central Peruvian coastal areas. 



MICRURUS MIPARTITUS (Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril) 



1854 Elaps mipartitus Dumeril. Bibron and Dumeril, Erp. Gen., 7: 1220. Type-locality: "Col. 



rio-sucio ou senio.'^'; Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287, 1567. 36, suggested that this might 



be the same as "Sinu," Colombia. 

 1926 Micrurus mipart i tus — Amaral, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 9: 66. 



Distribution: Caribbean Central America from Nicaragua to northern South America on both sides of 

 Andes; coastal mountains of Venezuela. 



Content: Six subspecies. 



