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White-Ringed Coral Snake (Micrurus albicinctus)
Order: Squamata
Family: Elapidae (fixed front- fang venomous snakes)
Other common names: White-ringed coral snake, cobra-coral, cobra-coral de cincta branca
Distinguishing Features
Small, bicolored black-and-white coral snake, adults usually 40 to 50 cm long (max. 57.3 cm); body has appearance of generally black with row of dorsal white blotches or spots (instead of white cross bands) encircling the body.
Geographical Range
Found in Mato Grosso, Rondania, and Amazonas, in the middle Amazon in northwestern Brazil (may also occur in similar habitats in southeastern tip of Colombia and/or northeastern tip of Peru, but no specimens confirmed from there, so far).
Habitat
Found mainly in lowland rainforest.
Life History
Mainly nocturnal & terrestrial. Not much known.
Comments
Not much known, but nearly all coral snakes have mainly neurotoxic venom. No human envenomations reported, so far.