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Micruroides is a genus of venomous 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 or the Arizona coral snake, is endemic to northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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, Hemibungarus, and Sinomicrurus), and 83 recognized species of New World coral snakes, in two genera (Micruroides and Micrurus).
Glossy snake (Arizona elegans) Green rat snake (Senticolis triaspis) Mexican garter snake (Thamnophis eques) Mexican hognose snake (Heterodon kennerlyi) Narrowhead garter snake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) Plains black-headed snake (Tantilla nigriceps) Saddled leafnose snake (Phyllorhynchus browni) Sonoran gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis)
The eastern variety, which is one of 70 species of coral snakes in the Americas, is found in the Coastal Plain from Louisiana to the Carolinas and throughout Florida.
The canebrake rattlesnake that bit him was one of 179 snakes he kept and bred in various containers and 84 of the snakes were venomous species. [45] October, 2007 Jackie Ledwell, 63, female: Mojave rattlesnake: Arizona — Ledwell was bitten while taking a walk in Paulden. [46] September 1, 2007 Douglas John Hiler, 48, male: Timber rattlesnake
Texas has the most snakes in the United States but if you want to talk about venomous snakes, you have to look to Arizona, which has — wait for it — 19 of the country’s 20 dangerous snakes.
Micrurus fulvius, commonly known as the eastern coral snake, [3] common coral snake, American cobra, [4] and more, is a species of highly venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae. The family also contains the cobras and sea snakes. [5] The species is endemic to the southeastern United States. [1]
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