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Ringed Slender Coral Snake (Leptomicrurus renjifoi)
Order: Squamata
Family: Elapidae (fixed front- fang venomous snakes)
Other common names: Ringed Slender Coral Snake or Coral Snake
Distinguishing Features
Small, slender coralsnake, adults about 42 cm long. Unusual pattern for a coral snake, body w/ roughly equally wide, alternating black & pinkish-orange rings. Has a pair of fixed upper front fangs, & fairly short, relatively blunt tail. Only 2 specimens known.
Geographical Range
Habitat
Found in leaf litter in a gallery forest by the river Rio Tomo, in northeastern Colombia; at that location, the river was flanked by savannah and grain fields. Only known from that single locality in Colombia.
Life History
Unknown, but probably similar to other related species; being mainly nocturnal, terrestrial (semi-fossorial), not aggressive, oviparous, and predatory on a variety of small, locally available lizards, invertebrates and other snakes.
Comments
Not known, but probably neurotoxic. No human bites nor envenomations reported.