Coralillos verdaderos (Serpentes: Elapidae) y coralillos falsos (Serpentes: Colubridae) de Veracruz, México

Authors

  • Miguel A. de la Torre-Loranca Dirección actual: Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Zongolica. Km 4 Carretera a laCompañia s/n, Tepetitlanapa, CP 95005 Zongolica, Veracruz, MÉXICO
  • Gustavo Aguirre-León Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal,Km. 2.5 Carr. Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, Cong. El Haya, C. P. 91070 Xalapa, Veracru
  • Marco A. López-Luna Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, División Académica de Ciencias Biológicas,Km. 0.5 Carretera Villahermosa-Cárdenas entronque a Bosques de Saloya, Villahermosa,Tabasco MÉXICO

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https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2006.2232020

Keywords:

Colubridae, Elapidae, Micrurus, mimicry, color pattern, Veracruz

Abstract

Five species of coral snakes genus Micrurus, and 14 species of mimic false coral snakes of different colubrid genera ocurr in Veracruz, making encounters with false coral snakes more likely. However, positive identification by color pattern between coral snakes and their mimics is not reliable because of inter and intraspecific color variation and similarities in coloration between several species of these two snake families.

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09-05-2006

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de la Torre-Loranca, M. A., Aguirre-León, G., & López-Luna, M. A. (2006). Coralillos verdaderos (Serpentes: Elapidae) y coralillos falsos (Serpentes: Colubridae) de Veracruz, México. ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 22(3), 11–22. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2006.2232020
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Vol. 22 No. 3 (2006)

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