Occurrence of Anchor Coralsnake, Micrurus ancoralis ( Jan, 1872) (Squamata: Elapidae) confirmed in the Magdalena River Valley of Colombia, with novel citizen science distribution records

Abstract

Confirmamos la presencia de la Coral Ancla, Micrurus ancoralis ( Jan, 1872), en los bosques tropicales de la vertiente oriental de la Cordillera Central de Colombia en el valle del Río Magdalena. Esto se logró mediante la revisión de un ejemplar de museo proveniente del departamento del Tolima y nuevos registros en los departamentos de Antioquia y Caldas de la plataforma de ciencia ciudadana iNaturalist.

We confirm the occurrence of the Anchor Coralsnake, Micrurus ancoralis ( Jan, 1872), in the tropical forests of the eastern slopes of the Central Cordillera of Colombia in the Magdalena River Valley. This was achieved through the examination of a museum specimen from the department of Tolima and new records for the departments of Antioquia and Caldas from the citizen science platform iNaturalist