(Micrurus pyrrhocryptus)

Micrurus pyrrhocryptus

(Cope, 1862)
Serpiente De Coral Chaqueña

Family: Elapidae
Order: Squamata
Class: Reptilia
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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DANGEROUS

Other common names: Víbora De Coral, Serpiente De Coral.

Synonyms: Micrurus frontalis.

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Number of Photography: 58

Photography ID: 674916
Adult
Capilla del Monte
Córdoba
Argentina
12/14/2018
Martín Lépez

Photography ID: 659155
Adult
Lagunita temporal de la cantera
Mendoza
Argentina
12/17/2023
Pablo Moreno

Photography ID: 629075
Adult
Collagasta, departamento Fray Mamerto Esquiú.
Catamarca
Argentina
04/01/2025
Rodolfo Julio Velazquez

Photography ID: 627398
Adult
Parque Nacional Lihué Calel
La Pampa
Argentina
03/02/2025
Silvio Lamothe

Photography ID: 580868
Adult
Departamento Confluencia
Neuquén
Argentina
03/30/2021
Tiziano Luka Pesci Rubilar

Photography ID: 577700
Rivadavia
Mendoza
Argentina
03/17/2024
Hugo Caverzasi

Photography ID: 562343
Juvenile
Bialet Masse
Córdoba
Argentina
12/30/2023
Virginia García Díaz

Photography ID: 554009
Adult
Ituzaingó
Corrientes
Argentina
10/06/2023
Norma Medel

Photography ID: 552851
Adult
Machagai
Chaco
Argentina
07/20/2023
Mauro Méndez Renedo

Photography ID: 540808
Adult
Capilla del Monte
Córdoba
Argentina
02/26/2016
Martín Lépez

Photography ID: 527266
Adult
Añelo
Neuquén
Argentina
01/12/2023
Fernando Naifleisch

Photography ID: 525683
Juvenile
Colonia Pastoril
Formosa
Argentina
02/14/2023
Cristian Neumann

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Number of Films: 1

Video ID: 4266
Adult
Tanti
Córdoba
Argentina
01/19/2020
Marcela Guzmán

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Number of Records: 74

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2419870

22/01/2026

15:00

Argentina

Catamarca

Los Castillos

Fabrizio García

2268827

01/04/2025

Argentina

Catamarca

Collagasta, departamento Fray Mamerto Esquiú.

Rodolfo Julio Velazquez

2264397

02/03/2025

Argentina

La Pampa

Parque Nacional Lihué Calel

Silvio Lamothe

2015546

17/03/2024

Argentina

Mendoza

Dique El Carrizal, Rivadavia

Hugo Caverzasi

1935554

30/12/2023

Argentina

Córdoba

Mirador del Lago, Bialet Masse

Virginia García Díaz

2383153

17/12/2023

Argentina

Mendoza

Lagunita temporal de la cantera

Pablo Moreno

1905401

06/10/2023

Argentina

Corrientes

Represa Yacyretá, Ituzaingó

Norma Medel

1899883

20/07/2023

Argentina

Chaco

Machagai

Mauro Méndez Renedo

1728056

14/02/2023

Argentina

Formosa

Colonia Pastoril

Cristian Neumann

1732197

12/01/2023

Argentina

Neuquén

30 km al oeste de añelo, en la meseta., Añelo

Fernando Naifleisch

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Bibliography related

Da Silva, Nelson Jorge, and Jack W. Sites, Jr. 1999. Revision of the Micrurus frontalis Complex (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herpetological Monographs 13: 142-194.