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Central American Coralsnake

Micrurus nigrocinctus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.January 20, February 21, March 20, April 13, May 19, June 18, July 20, August 15, September 9, October 7, November 11, December 17.
Costa Rica190
Panama127
Provincia Guanacaste67
Provincia Puntarenas51
Provincia de Panamá34
Provincia San José23
Guatemala23
Provincia de Panamá Oeste23
Provincia de Chiriquí23
Provincia Alajuela22

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Practical

  • VenomousProduces venom for defense or huntingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyElapid Snakes · Elapidae
GenusCoralsnakes · Micrurus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Central American Coralsnake with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.