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Micrurus dumerilii
por la región donde se encontró y la coloración concluimos que esta coral es M. dumerilii , pero estoy abierto a otras sugerencias de especie. because of the region it was found in and the coloration we concluded that this coral snake is M. dumerilii. i am open to other suggestions of species.
la Jagua, Huila, Colombia
This foto was taken in an area that will be affected by the Quimbo Dam currently under construction. Esta foto fue tomado en una zona que sera afectada por la Represa del Quimbo actualmente bajo construcción.
This doesn't appear to M. clarki. The light nuchal region and lateral head scales of M. clarki are heavily outlined in black. That is not the case on this spotting. This appears to be M. dumerilii (Dumeril's Coral snake). M dumerilii have a light nuchal collar not marked with black and tail lacks red bands. The tail runs off the picture but you can see this. Red bands and light bands are tipped in black dorsally. An almost identical species is M. bocourti (Ecuadorian Coral snake). Could possibly be in your area of Colombia.
Wow! Thank you everyone for your help with this. Thus far from reading all the comments and googling the three species that folks suggested and reading and looking at some other fotos are comparing the coloration, especially the yellow formation on the head, I am going with Clark's Coral Snake, Micrurus clarki. Though if someone is able to find good evidence that it is another species I am open, collectively we know a lot more than we do individually.
About my ID suggestion of the Clark's coral snake: It fits geographically, and the descriptions I read seem accurate, although as Scott pointed out, there are many different species of Micrurus. In the reference link for my ID suggestion, it says "pale color extends from the underside of the mouth and ascends diagonally towards the back of the neck passing behind the eyes" which is what I see on this photo. I may be wrong though - I know more about the snakes of the United States.
True and that's the only doubts I have. It's interesting though as this site helps scientists and animal lovers alike to put forward their findings allowing far better resources for tracking. It's kind of like the SETI programme astronomers use to help map the stars. Do to think given the central American land bridge to S. America a environmental change could have caused them to head south? And what about my other suggestion for it's ID? Have you any suggestions? Look forward to hearing from you.
I agree, it looks like alleni but as you pointed out every source (I looked at) puts it well north of the spotting location...Panama was the closest I could find.
I have no other way of corroborating it but looks really identical from the patterning, colouration and banding in my ID book. Another alternative could be the Painted coralsnake ( Micrurus corallinus). I'm open to suggestions! :)
Hmmm, there are about 22 species of Micrurus in Colombia...I might not take this on :-)
Looks to be an Allen's coral snake. This interesting as from what I can see they normally are found in Nicaragua and costa rica.
Coral snakes in Central America are MUCH different in appearance than what we're used to in the United States. I didn't touch a thing in Panama until I got clearance from a friend who grew up there.
Im pretty sure its a king snake beause they mimic the deadly coral snake, the patterns is how you tell the difference
In the US it looks like a King snake. Our Coral has yellow in the pattern, but this may be a Coral snake in your country.
Spotted on Dec 8, 2008
Submitted on May 8, 2012
