Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Bibliography of the genus Micruroides Biodiversity of the family Elapidae [terrestrial species] Genus Micruroides Western Coral Snake Arizona-Korallenotter, Arizona-Korallenschlange Nordamerikansk Ørkenkoralslange 1928 Micruroides Schmidt (type species: Elaps euryxanthus Kennicott 1861) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Micruroides euryxanthus Western Coral Snake Arizona-Korallenotter, Arizona-Korallenschlange Nordamerikansk Ørkenkoralslange, Arizona-ørkenkoralslange (Arizonakoralslange) (M. e. euryxanthus), Sinaloa-ørkenkoralslange (M. e. neglectus), Sonora-ørkenkoralslange (M. e. australis) 1861 Elaps euryxanthus Kennicott Micrurus euryxanthus Stejneger & Barbour 1917 Micruroides euryxanthus Schmidt 1928 1955 Micruroides euryxanthus australis Zweifel & Norris 1967 Micruroides euryxanthus neglectus Roze Other common names: australis: Sonoran Coral Snake euryxanthus: Arizona Coral Snake neglectus: Mazatlan Coral Snake, Sinaloan Coral Snake Remarks: Included for Jalisco on the basis of Heimes (2016) and Cruz-Sáenz, Muñoz-Nolasco, Mata-Silva, Johnson, García-Padilla & Wilson (2017), although Chávez-Avila, Casas-Andreu, García-Aguayo, Cifuentes-Lemus & Cupul-Magaña (2015) condidered the presence of the species in the state as unconfirmed. Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora), USA (Arizona, New Mexico).