''Micrurus nattereri'', Natterer’s coral snake or Venezuelan aquatic coral snake, is a species of

coral snake Coral snakes are a large group of elapid snakes that can be divided into two distinct groups, the Old World coral snakes and New World coral snakes. There are 27 species of Old World coral snakes, in three genera ('' Calliophis'', '' Hemibungar ...

in the family

Elapidae Elapidae (, commonly known as elapids , from , variant of "sea-fish") is a family of snakes characterized by their permanently erect fangs at the front of the mouth. Most elapids are venomous, with the exception of the genus '' Emydocephalus ...

. Specimens have been identified mostly along the upper

Orinoco River The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...

.https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Micrurus&species=nattereri&search_param=%28%28taxon%3D%27Serpentes%27%29%29 RD

References

nattereri Snakes of Brazil Reptiles of Venezuela Reptiles of Colombia Reptiles described in 1952 Taxa named by Karl Patterson Schmidt {{Elapidae-stub