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 surinamensis
