Micrurus bernadi

Micrurus bernadi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Micrurus
Species:	M. bernadi
Binomial name
Micrurus bernadi (Cope, 1887)
Synonyms
Elaps bernadi Cope, 1887 Micrurus bernadi — Schmidt, 1933 Micrurus bernadi — Roze, 1996[2]

Micrurus bernadi is a species of venomous elapid snake, endemic to eastern Mexico.^[1] There are currently no recognized subspecies.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, bernadi, is in honor of French physician Santiago Bernad, who collected the type specimen.^[4]

Geographic range

Within Mexico M. bernadi is found from eastern Hidalgo southward to northern Puebla and parts of northwestern Veracruz.^[1]

References

1. Flores-Villela, O.; Canseco-Márquez, L. (2007). "Micrurus bernadi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. "Micrurus bernadi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Micrurus bernadi, p. 24).

Further reading

• Cope, E.D. (1887). "Catalogue of Batrachians and Reptiles of Central America and Mexico". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 32, 1-98. (Elaps bernadi, p. 87).
• Roze, Janis A. (1996). Coral Snakes of the Americas: Biology, Identification, and Venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing. 340 pp. ISBN 0894648470.
• Schmidt, Karl P. (1933). "Preliminary Account of the Coral Snakes of Central America and Mexico". Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 20 (6): 29-40. (Micrurus bernadi, p. 40).