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Sinaloan Coral Snake

Micruroides euryxanthus neglectus

Potentially dangerous

Classification

Family
Elapidae

Micruroides is a genus of venomous New World coral snake in the family Elapidae. The genus is monotypic, containing only the species Micruroides euryxanthus. Micruroides euryxanthus, commonly known as the Sonoran coral snake, western coral snake, Arizona coral snake, and coralillo in Mexican Spanish, is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 1