Hemprichi's coral snake
Micrurus hemprichii, commonly known as Hemprichi's coral snake, is a species of venomous coral snake in the family Elapidae from South America.
The specific name, hemprichii, is in honor of German naturalist Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich.
Hemprichi's coral snake occurs in forests at elevations below 1,000 m (3,300 ft), including lower montane wet forest, gallery forest, and primary and secondary rain forest. It is a cryptic species living in leaf litter of the forest floor.
M. hemprichii is found in the upper Amazon Basin, Guiana Highlands, and upper Orinoco Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana.
Hemprichi's coral snake feeds heavily on velvet worms, but also on small snakes and amphisbaenids.