Micrurus surinamensis (Aquatic Coral Snake) | CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Order Squamata
        
        Family Elapidae
        
        Genus Micrurus
        
        Species Micrurus surinamensis (Aquatic Coral Snake)
        
        Infraspecies Micrurus surinamensis nattereri
        
        Infraspecies Micrurus surinamensis surinamensis