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Overview
Distribution
National Distribution
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure
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Rounded Global Status Rank: T5 - Secure
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Names and Taxonomy
Taxonomy
Comments: Micrurus tener formerly was included as a subspecies of M. fulvius. Crother et al. (2000), Collins and Taggart (2002), and Campbell and Lamar (2004) recognized M. tener and M. fulvius as distinct species.
Phylogenetic relationships of elapid snakes based on mtDNA data indicate that New World coralsnakes cluster with Asian coralsnakes (Slowinski and Keogh 2000).
See Slowinski (1995) for a phylogenetic analysis of New World coralsnakes.
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