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Sinomicrurus
''Sinomicrurus'' is a genus of venomous Elapidae, elapid snakes, one of several Genus, genera commonly known as Asian coral snakes or oriental coral snakes. The genus includes nine subtropical species found in Asia. Molecular and morphological analysis suggest this new genus is part of the family Elapidae. Species and subspecies *''Sinomicrurus annularis'' – MacClelland’s coral snake (China) *''Sinomicrurus boettgeri'' – Oskar Boettger, Boettger's coral snake (Japan) *''Sinomicrurus iwasakii'' – Takuji Iwasaki, Iwasaki's temperate Asian coral snake (Ryukyu Islands) *''Sinomicrurus japonicus'' – Japanese coral snake (Ryukyu Islands) **''Sinomicrurus japonicus japonicus'' **''Sinomicrurus japonicus takarai'' *''Sinomicrurus kelloggi'' – species:Claude Rupert Kellogg, Kellogg's coral snake (Vietnam, Laos, China) *''Sinomicrurus macclellandi'' – John McClelland (doctor), MacClelland's coral snake (India , Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Ryukyu Islands, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinomicrurus Iwasakii
''Sinomicrurus iwasakii'', the Iwasaki's temperate Asian coralsnake, is a rare species of coral snake from the Ishigaki Island, Ishigaki and Iriomote Island, Iriomote islands of the Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. ''S. iwasakii'' belongs to the family Elapidae which also includes cobras and sea snakes. ThInternational Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red Listdoes not include ''S. iwasakii'' as a species despite species status as of 2021. Other similar ''Sinomicrurus'' species are listed as "Unknown" conservation status. Taxonomy ''Sinomicrurus iwasakii'' was originally described as ''Calliophis iwasakii'' by Maki in 1935. It was long thought to be a subspecies of ''S. macclellandii'' but was revalidated as a species in 2021 by Smart, Ingrasci and colleagues. ''Sinomicrurus iwasakii'' is part of the "banded" clade shown in Figure 3 of Smart et al. and is most closely related to ''Sinomicrurus swinhoei, S. swinhoei'' from Taiwan. Phylogeneti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |