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Costa Rican Coralsnake

Micrurus mosquitensis

434 observations in the source records

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What the records say

434 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica	213
Provincia Alajuela	103
Provincia Limón	54
Provincia Heredia	28
Provincia Cartago	16
Provincia Guanacaste	8
Panama	6
Provincia de Bocas del Toro	6
Provincia Puntarenas	4

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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

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Chordates · Chordata
Class	Reptiles · Reptilia
Order	Snakes and Lizards · Squamata
Family	Elapid Snakes · Elapidae
Genus	Coralsnakes · Micrurus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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