#1783 · 🦎 reptiles

Texas Coralsnake

🇳🇱 Texas coral snake ·Micrurus tener

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Micrurus tener is a species of venomous elapid snake. It is a relatively common and widespread snake found in the Southern United States and northeastern and central Mexico. There are four subspecies; the nominal subspecies found in both the US and Mexico is commonly known as the Texas coral snake .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,012iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,012 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1853 (173 years ago).