Micrurus

Thesaurus

Noun

Micrurus - coral snakes genus Micrurusreptile genus - a genus of reptilesElapidae, family Elapidae - cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakeseastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius - ranges from Central America to southeastern United States

Micrurus

(true coral snakes, formerly classified incorrectly as Elaps), a genus of snakes of the family Elapidae. They are brightly colored, with black, red, and yellow rings in various arrangements on the body. There are 48 species, distributed in Central and South America; most species are found from Mexico to Uruguay. The largest species, the Brazilian giant coral snake (Micrurus spixii) measures up to 1.5 m long and is found in the Amazon Basin. The species with the northernmost range is the eastern coral snake, or harlequin snake (M. fulvius), which is found in the United States in Indiana and Kentucky and measures up to 1 m long. The bite of the eastern coral snake is extremely painful and sometimes fatal.

Micrurus

[mi-kroo´rus] a genus of venomous snakes" >coral snakes, including a species found in the southeastern United States and south into Central America. See also snakebite.

Micrurus

(mī-kroor′ŭs) [ micro- + L. -urus, fr Gr. oura, tail] A genus of small venomous snakes of the family Elapidae including the coral snakes and found in the southern U.S. and tropical America.

Micrurus

Related to Micrurus: Micrurus fulvius

noun

Synonyms for Micrurus

noun coral snakes

Synonyms

genus Micrurus

Related Words

reptile genus
Elapidae
family Elapidae
eastern coral snake
Micrurus fulvius

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