Micrurus medemi, the Villavicencio coral snake, is a species of coral snake in the family Elapidae. Specimens have been identified mostly in Meta Department. It was named after Friedrich Johann Graf von Medem.[1]

Micrurus medemi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Micrurus
Species:
M. medemi
Binomial name
Micrurus medemi
Roze, 1967

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