The following 83 species are recognized as being valid. •
Micrurus albicinctus Amaral, 1925 – white-banded coral snake •
Micrurus alleni K. Schmidt, 1936 – arrow-headed coral snake, Allen's coral snake •
Micrurus altirostris (
Cope, 1860) – Uruguayan coral snake •
Micrurus ancoralis Jan, 1872 – regal coral snake, anchor coral snake •
Micrurus annellatus (
W. Peters, 1871) – annellated coral snake •
Micrurus averyi K. Schmidt, 1939 – Avery's coral snake, black-headed coral snake •
Micrurus baliocoryphus (Cope, 1862) – Mesopotamian coral snake •
Micrurus bocourti (Jan, 1872) – false triad coral snake, Ecuador coral snake •
Micrurus bogerti Roze, 1967 – Bogert's coral snake •
Micrurus boicora – Boicora Coral Snake •
Micrurus brasiliensis Roze, 1967 – Brazilian short-tailed coral snake •
Micrurus browni K. Schmidt &
H.M. Smith, 1943 – Brown's coral snake •
Micrurus camilae Renjifo &
Lundberg, 2003 •
Micrurus carvalhoi Roze, 1967 – Brazilian ribbon coral snake •
Micrurus circinalis (
A.M.C. Duméril,
Bibron &
A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – Trinidad coral snake, Trinidad northern coral snake •
Micrurus clarki K. Schmidt, 1936 – Clark's coral snake •
Micrurus collaris (
Schlegel, 1837) – Guyana blackback coral snake •
Micrurus corallinus (
Merrem, 1820) – painted coral snake •
Micrurus decoratus (Jan, 1858) – Brazilian coral snake •
Micrurus diana Roze, 1983 – Diana's coral snake •
Micrurus diastema (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – variable coral snake •
Micrurus dissoleucus Cope, 1860 – pygmy coral snake •
Micrurus distans Kennicott, 1860 – clear-banded coral snake, West Mexican coral snake •
Micrurus diutius Burger, 1955 – Trinidad ribbon coral snake •
Micrurus dumerilii Jan, 1858 – Capuchin coral snake •
Micrurus elegans Jan, 1858 – elegant coral snake •
Micrurus ephippifer (Cope, 1886) – Oaxacan coral snake •
Micrurus filiformis (
Günther, 1859) – thread coral snake, slender coral snake •
Micrurus frontalis A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 – southern coral snake, short-tailed coral snake •
Micrurus frontifasciatus (
F. Werner, 1927) – Bolivian triad coral snake •
Micrurus fulvius (
Linnaeus, 1766) – eastern coral snake, common coral snake, American cobra •
Micrurus gallicus Rage & Holman, 1984 •
Micrurus helleri K. Schmidt &
F. Schmidt, 1925 – western ribbon coral snake •
Micrurus hemprichii (Jan, 1858) – Hemprichi's coral snake •
Micrurus hippocrepis (W. Peters, 1862) – Mayan coral snake •
Micrurus ibiboboca (Merrem, 1820) – Caatinga coral snake •
Micrurus isozonus (Cope, 1860) – equal-banded coral snake, Venezuela coral snake, Sandner's coral snake •
Micrurus langsdorffi (
Wagler, 1824) – confused coral snake, Langsdorff's coral snake •
Micrurus laticollaris W. Peters, 1870 – double collar coral snake •
Micrurus latifasciatus K. Schmidt, 1933 – long-banded coral snake, broad-ringed coral snake •
Micrurus lemniscatus (
Linnaeus,
1758) – South American coral snake •
Micrurus limbatus Fraser, 1964 – Tuxtlan coral snake •
Micrurus margaritiferus Roze, 1967 – speckled coral snake •
Micrurus medemi Roze, 1967 – Villavicencio coral snake •
Micrurus meridensis Roze, 1989 – Mérida coral snake •
Micrurus mertensi K. Schmidt, 1936 – Mertens's coral snake, Peruvian desert coral snake •
Micrurus mipartitus (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – red-tailed coral snake, many-banded coral snake •
Micrurus mosquitensis K. Schmidt, 1933 – mosquito coral snake •
Micrurus multifasciatus Jan, 1858 – many-banded coral snake •
Micrurus multiscutatus Rendahl &
Vestergren, 1940 – Cauca coral snake •
Micrurus narduccii (Jan, 1863) – Andean blackback coral snake •
Micrurus nattereri K. Schmidt, 1952 – Natterer's coral snake, Venezuelan aquatic coral snake •
Micrurus nebularis Roze, 1989 – Neblina coral snake, cloud forest coral snake •
Micrurus nigrocinctus (
Girard, 1854) – Central American coral snake •
Micrurus obscurus (Jan, 1872) – black-neck Amazonian coral snake, Bolivian coral snake •
Micrurus oligoanellatus Ayerbe &
López, 2002 – Tambito's coral snake •
Micrurus oliveri •
Micrurus ornatissimus (Jan, 1858) – ornate coral snake •
Micrurus pacaraimae Morato de Carvalho, 2002 – Pacaraima coral snake •
Micrurus pachecogili Campbell, 2000 – Pueblan coral snake •
Micrurus paraensis da Cunha &
Nascimento, 1973 – Para coral snake •
Micrurus peruvianus K. Schmidt, 1936 – Peru coral snake •
Micrurus petersi Roze, 1967 – mountain coral snake, Peters's coral snake •
Micrurus potyguara Pires,
da Silva Jr.,
Feitosa,
Costa-Prudente,
Pereira Filho &
Zaher, 2014 – Potyguara coral snake •
Micrurus proximans H.M. Smith &
Chrapliwy, 1958 – Nayarit coral snake •
Micrurus psyches (
Daudin, 1803) – northern coral snake, Carib coral snake •
Micrurus putumayensis Lancini, 1962 – Putumayo coral snake •
Micrurus pyrrhocryptus (Cope, 1862) – Argentinian coral snake •
Micrurus remotus Roze, 1987 – remote coral snake •
Micrurus renjifoi (
Lamar, 2003) – Renjifo's coral snake •
Micrurus ruatanus (Günther, 1895) – Roatan coral snake •
Micrurus sangilensis Nicéforo Maria, 1942 – San Gil coral snake, Santander coral snake •
Micrurus scutiventris (Cope, 1869) – little black coral snake, pygmy black-backed coral snake •
Micrurus serranus Harvey,
Aparicio &
Gonzáles, 2003 •
Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo,
Borges-Martins & da Silva Jr., 2007 •
Micrurus spixii Wagler, 1824 – Amazon coral snake •
Micrurus spurrelli (Boulenger, 1914) – butterfly-head coral snake •
Micrurus steindachneri (F. Werner, 1901) – piedmont coral snake, Steindachner's coral snake •
Micrurus stewarti Barbour & Amaral, 1928 – Panamanian coral snake •
Micrurus stuarti Roze, 1967 – Stuart's coral snake •
Micrurus surinamensis (
Cuvier, 1817) – aquatic coral snake •
Micrurus tener Baird & Girard, 1853 – Texas coral snake •
Micrurus tikuna Feitosa, da Silva Jr, Pires, Zaher & Costa-Prudente, 2015 – Tikuna coral snake •
Micrurus tricolor (Hoge, 1956) – Pantanal coral snake •
Micrurus tschudii Jan, 1858 – desert coral snake
Nota bene: A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than
Micrurus. ==Reproduction==