218 

 MICRURUS 



Micrurus spix i i mart ius i Schmidt 



iqq^ Micrurus spixi martiusi Schmidt. Fieldiana, Zool., 34: 175, 'f'gs. 33-3*- Type-locality: 

 Santarem, Para, Brazil. 



Distribution: Amazonian drainage of Para and Mato Grosso, Brazil. 



Micrurus spixi i obscurus (Jan) 



1872 Elaps corallinus var. obscura Jan, in Jan andSordelli, Icon. Gen. Ophid.,Livr. 41: pi. 6, fig. 3- 



Type-locality: Lima (corrected and restricted to eastern Peru by Schmidt and Walker, Zool. 



Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 24, I943, 25*; apparently further designated as Iquitos, Peru, 



by Schmidt, Fieldiana, Zool., 34, I553, I75). 

 1881 Elaps heterozonus Peters, Sitz. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berlin, 1881: 'j2. Type-locality: 



Sarayacu, Ecuador. 

 1943 Micrurus spixi i obscura — Schmidt and Walker, Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist,, 24: 294. 



Distribution: Periphery of Amazon Basin, from southern Venezuela and Colombia to southern Peru. 



Micrurus spixi i princeps (Boulenger) 



190*5 Elaps princep s Boulenger, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 15= *56. Type-locality: Provincia Sara, 



Departamento Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. 

 19S3 Micrurus spixi princeps — Schmidt, Fieldiana, Zool., 3*' 175« 



Distribution: Northwestern and central Bolivia. 



MICRURUS SPUREILI (Boulenger) 



1914 Elaps spurelli Boulenger. Proc. Zool. See. London, 1914: 8I7. Type-locality: Pefia Lisa, Rfo 



Condoto, Colombia. 

 19-SS Micrurus nicefori Schmidt. Fieldiana, Zool., 34: 346, fig. 65. Type-locality: Vi llav icenc io, 



Cundi namarca, Colombia. 



Distribution: Western and central Colombia. 



MICRURUS STEINDACHNERI (Werner) 



1901 Elaps Steindachneri Werner. Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Vienna, 'yl: 599* Type-locality: Ecuador. 

 1967 Micrurus steindachneri — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 43. 



Distribution: Eastern slopes of Andes in Ecuador. 



Content: Three subspecies. 



Key to the subspecies Clave de subespecies 



1. Subcaudals more than 29 in females; snout 1. Subcaudales mas de 29 en hembras; hocico 

 usually black 2 usualmente negro- 



Subcaudals 21 in females; snout with light Subcaudales 21 en hembras; hocico con 

 spots peters i mane has claras peters i 



2. Ventrals 200-207 in males; subcaudals 35-36 2. Ventrales 200-207 en machos; subcaudales 



in females ste indachner i 35"36 ^" hembras ste i ndachner i 



Ventrals 214-216 in males; subcaudals 29-33 Ventrales 214-216 en machos; subcaudales 



in females orcesi 29-33 ^" hembras orces i 



Micrurus steindachneri ste indachner i (Werner) 



1926 Elaps fassli Werner. Sitz. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien, I35 (abt. l): 249. 

 1967 Micrurus steindachneri steindachneri — Roze, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2287: 43. 



Distribution: Eastern slopes of Andes in Macas-Mendez region, southern Ecuador. 



