Biology:Sinomicrurus

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Sinomicrurus
Sinomicrurus sauteri 380663.jpg
Sinomicrurus sauteri
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Subfamily: Elapinae
Genus: Sinomicrurus
Slowinski, Boundy & Lawson, 2001[1]
Species

nine, see text

Sinomicrurus is a genus of venomous elapid snakes, one of several genera commonly known as Asian coral snakes or oriental coral snakes. The genus includes 9 subtropical species found in Asia. Molecular and morphological analysis suggest this new genus is part of the family Elapidae.[2]

Species and subspecies

  • Sinomicrurus annularis (Günther, 1864) – MacClelland’s coral snake (China )
  • Sinomicrurus boettgeri (Fritze, 1894) – Boettger's coral snake (Japan )
  • Sinomicrurus iwasakii (Maki, 1935) – Iwasaki's temperate Asian coral snake (Ryukyu Islands)
  • Sinomicrurus japonicus (Günther, 1868) – Japanese coral snake (Ryukyu Islands)
    • Sinomicrurus japonicus japonicus (Günther, 1868)
    • Sinomicrurus japonicus takarai (Ota, Ito & Lin, 1999)
  • Sinomicrurus kelloggi (Pope, 1928) – Kellogg's coral snake (Vietnam, Laos, China )
  • Sinomicrurus macclellandi (J.T. Reinhardt, 1844)MacClelland's coral snake (India , Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China , Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan)
    • Sinomicrurus macclellandi macclellandi (J.T. Reinhardt, 1844)
    • Sinomicrurus macclellandi univirgatus (Günther, 1858)
  • Sinomicrurus peinani Liu, Yan, Hou, Wang, Nguyen, R. Murphy, Che & Guo, 2020 – Guangxi coral snake (China , Vietnam)
  • Sinomicrurus sauteri (Steindachner, 1913) (Taiwan)
  • Sinomicrurus swinhoei (Van Denburgh, 1912) – Swinhoe's temperate Asian coral snake (Taiwan)

Nota bene: An authority (binomial or trinomial) in parentheses indicates that the taxon (species or subspecies) was originally described in a genus other than Sinomicrurus.

References

  1. "Sinomicrurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=700254. 
  2. Slowinski, J.B.; Boundy, J.; Lawson, R. (2001). "The phylogenetic relationships of Asian coral snakes (Elapidae: Calliophis and Maticora) based on morphological and molecular characters". Herpetologica 57 (2): 233–245. 

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q194837 entry