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 nine 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) – Oriental coral snake, Taiwan coral snake (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
- ^ "Sinomicrurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 3893186.
External links
- Genus Sinomicrurus at The Reptile Database
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