''Sinomicrurus'' is a

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snake Snakes are elongated limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes (). Cladistically squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales much like other members of the group. Many species of snakes have s ...

s, one of several

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commonly known as Asian

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s or oriental coral snakes. The genus includes nine subtropical

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found in Asia. Molecular and morphological analysis suggest this new genus is part of 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 ...

Species and subspecies

*'' Sinomicrurus annularis'' – MacClelland’s coral snake (China) *'' Sinomicrurus boettgeri'' – Boettger's coral snake (Japan) *''

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. i ...

'' – Iwasaki's temperate Asian coral snake (

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) *'' Sinomicrurus japonicus'' – Japanese coral snake (Ryukyu Islands) **'' Sinomicrurus japonicus japonicus'' **'' Sinomicrurus japonicus takarai'' *'' Sinomicrurus kelloggi'' –

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coral snake (Vietnam, Laos, China) *''

Sinomicrurus macclellandi ''Sinomicrurus macclellandi'', commonly known as MacClelland's coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to southern and eastern Asia. There are three recognized subspecies. Etymology The speci ...

'' – MacClelland's coral snake (India , Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan) **'' Sinomicrurus macclellandi macclellandi'' **'' Sinomicrurus macclellandi univirgatus'' *'' Sinomicrurus peinani'' – Guangxi coral snake (China, Vietnam) *'' Sinomicrurus sauteri'' – Oriental coral snake, Taiwan coral snake (Taiwan) *'' Sinomicrurus swinhoei'' – Swinhoe's temperate Asian coral snake (Taiwan) ''

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'': An authority (

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or trinomial) in parentheses indicates that the taxon (

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) was originally described in a genus other than ''Sinomicrurus''.

References

External links

* Reptiles of Asia Snake genera {{Elapidae-stub