Micrurus bocourti, also known commonly as the Ecuador coral snake, the Ecuadorian coral snake, the false triad coral snake, and coral de tríadas falsas in South American Spanish, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology The specific name, bocourti, is in honor of French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt.

Geographic distribution Micrurus bocourti is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Micrurus bocourti is forest, at elevations from sea level to .

Behavior Micrurus bocourti is terrestrial.

Reproduction Micrurus bocourti is oviparous.

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Further reading

189 pp. (Micrurus bocourti, p. 114). Jan, G. (1872). In: Index + Plates I–VI. (Elaps Bocourti, new species, Plate VI, figure 2). (in French). (Micrurus catamayensis, new species, pp. 3–5, Figure 1). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish). xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. (Micrurus bocourti, pp. 145–146 + Map 5 + Color 10; M. catamayensis, pp. 148–149 + Map 11 + Color 11). (Micrurus ecuadorianus, new species, p. 196).