Roatan coral snake

Roatan coral snake
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Micrurus
Species:	M. ruatanus
Binomial name
	Micrurus ruatanus; Günther, 1895
Synonyms
	Elaps fulvius Boulenger, 1896 ; Elaps ruatanus Günther, 1895 ; Micrurus nigrocinctus (Günther, 1895);

The Roatán coral snake (Micrurus ruatanus) also known as Coral de la Isle de Roatán or Coral Roatanense in Spanish is a critically endangered species of elapid snake, endemic to the island of Roatán off of the coast of Honduras.^[1] There are no recognized subspecies.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Townsend, J.H.; McCranie, J.R.; Stafford, P. (2013). "Micrurus ruatanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T177486A1487908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T177486A1487908.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "Micrurus ruatanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

[iucn-1] Townsend, J.H.; McCranie, J.R.; Stafford, P. (2013). "Micrurus ruatanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T177486A1487908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T177486A1487908.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[ITIS-2] "Micrurus ruatanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

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