Micrurus diastema (Variable 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 diastema (Variable Coral Snake)
        
        Infraspecies Micrurus diastema affinis
        
        Infraspecies Micrurus diastema aglaeope
        
        Infraspecies Micrurus diastema alienus
        
        Infraspecies Micrurus diastema apiatus
        
        Infraspecies Micrurus diastema diastema
        
        Infraspecies Micrurus diastema macdougalli
        
        Infraspecies Micrurus diastema sapperi