Micrurus surinamensis (Amazonian Aquatic Coral Snakes)
Micrurus surinamensis (Cuvier, 1816)
This species is distinguished from other species of Micrurus by the following combination of characters: (1) frontal scale narrower than the supraoculars; (2) temporal scales large, 1+1 or 1+2 (rarely 1+3 or 2+2); (3) ventral scales 156-174 in males and 169-187 in females; (4) subcaudal scales…
