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title: "Arizonakoraalslang"
description: "Micruroides euryxanthus — Reptielen. Micruroides is a genus of venomous New World coral snake in the family Elapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/sonoran-coralsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Arizonakoraalslang

> Micruroides euryxanthus — Reptielen. Micruroides is a genus of venomous New World coral snake in the family Elapidae.

- Scientific name: *Micruroides euryxanthus*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 761
- Wikidata: [Q167912](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167912)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30630](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30630)

## Names

- en: Sonoran Coralsnake
- de: Arizona-Korallenotter
- es: Serpiente coralillo sonorense
- nl: Arizonakoraalslang

## Countries with the most observations

US (631), MX (75)

## Summary

Micruroides is a genus of venomous New World coral snake in the family Elapidae. The genus is monotypic, containing only the species Micruroides euryxanthus.
Micruroides euryxanthus, commonly known as the Sonoran coral snake, western coral snake, Arizona coral snake, and coralillo in Mexican Spanish, is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micruroides

## Photo

![Arizonakoraalslang](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sonoran-coralsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Shupe · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195163408

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sonoran-coralsnake?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).