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 9 subtropical species found in Asia. Molecular and morphological analysis suggest this new genus is part of the family Elapidae.[2]
| Sinomicrurus | |
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| Sinomicrurus sauteri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Subfamily: | Elapinae |
| Genus: | Sinomicrurus Slowinski, Boundy & Lawson, 2001[1] |
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nine, see text | |
Species and subspecies edit
- 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) (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 edit
- ^ "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 edit
- Genus Sinomicrurus at The Reptile Database