Micrurus remotus, also known commonly as the remote coral snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to northwestern South America. www.reptile-database.org.
Description Like many other species of New World coral snakes, the color pattern of Micrurus remotus consists of red, white (or yellowish-white), and black rings, with the black rings not arranged in triads. The black rings are 2–3 dorsals and ventrals long. Males have 25–29 black rings on the body, and females have 29–40. The white rings are one scale wide. The width of the red rings is inversely proportional to the number of black rings. xii + 328 pp., 38 maps, 63 color photographs, 49 color pattern drawings. (Micrurus remotus, p. 213 + Map 32 + Color 53).
Males have 202–203 ventrals and 42–49 subcaudals, and lack supraanal tubercles. Females have 214–225 ventrals and 32–37 subcaudals.
Geographic distribution Micrurus remotus is found in extreme western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, and southern Venezuela.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Micrurus remotus is forest, at elevations of .
Behavior Micrurus remotus is terrestrial, sheltering under logs and rocks.
Diet Micrurus remotus preys on lizards and snakes.
Reproduction Micrurus remotus is oviparous.
References
Further reading
396 pp. (Micrurus remotus, pp. 102–103). (in Spanish). 270 pp. (Micrurus remotus, p. 159). (in English and Spanish). Nogueira, C.C. et al. (32 authors) (2019). "Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna". South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (Special Issue 1): 1–274. (Micrurus psyches remotus, new subspecies, p. 110).