Naming
There are seven subspecies which are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.⤷ "Micrurus diastema affinis"
⤷ "Micrurus diastema aglaeope"
⤷ "Micrurus diastema alienus"
⤷ "Micrurus diastema apiatus"
⤷ "Micrurus diastema diastema"
⤷ "Micrurus diastema macdougalli" Roze, 1967
⤷ "Micrurus diastema sapperi" The subspecific name, "macdougalli", is in honor of naturalist species:Thomas Baillie MacDougall.
The subspecific name, "sapperi", is in honor of German explorer Karl Theodor Sapper.
Habitat
"M. diastema" occurs in tropical wet, moist, and dry forest from near sea level to 1,250 m in Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.Reproduction
"M. diastema" is oviparous.References:
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