title: A new species of monadal coral snake of the genus Micrurus (Serpentes, Elapidae) from western Amazon.
abstract: We described a new species of monadal coral snake of the genus Micrurus from the region of Tabatinga and Leticia, along the boundaries of Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The new species can be distinguished from the other congeners by the combination of the following characters: absence of a pale nuchal collar; black cephalic-cap extending from rostral to firstdorsal scale and enclosing white tipped prefrontal scales; upper half of first to four supralabials and postoculars black; tricolor body coloration, with 27-31 black rings bordered by narrower white rings and 27-31 red rings; tail coloration similar to body, with alternating black rings bordered by irregular narrow white rings, red rings of the same width as the black rings; ventral scales 205-225; subcaudal scales 39-47.
authors.affiliation: Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Saúde, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Rua 232 nº 128, 3º andar, Área V, Setor Leste Universitário, CEP 74605-140, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil; Email: dtfeitosa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Darlan Tavares
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Feitosa
authors.affiliation: Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Saúde, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Rua 232 nº 128, 3º andar, Área V, Setor Leste Universitário, CEP 74605-140, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Nelson Jorge Jr
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Da Silva
authors.affiliation: Pós-graduação em Ciências Ambientais e Saúde, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Rua 232 nº 128, 3º andar, Área V, Setor Leste Universitário, CEP 74605-140, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Matheus Godoy
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, Ipiranga, São Paulo, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hussam
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zaher
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Herpetologia, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Avenida Perimetral 1901, CP 399, CEP 66040-170, Belém, Pará, Brazil; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Ana Lúcia Da Costa
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Prudente
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D017815:Elapidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity