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title: "Variable Coralsnake"
description: "Micrurus diastema — Gady. Micrurus diastema, commonly known as the diastema coral snake, the variable coral snake, and coral diastema in Spanish, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/variable-coralsnake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Variable Coralsnake

> Micrurus diastema — Gady. Micrurus diastema, commonly known as the diastema coral snake, the variable coral snake, and coral diastema in Spanish, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae.

- Scientific name: *Micrurus diastema*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1085
- Wikidata: [Q3061697](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3061697)
- iNaturalist taxon: [30591](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/30591)

## Names

- en: Variable Coralsnake
- de: Variable Korallenotter
- es: Serpiente coralillo del sureste

## Countries with the most observations

MX (848), BZ (71), HN (55), GT (31)

## Summary

Micrurus diastema, commonly known as the diastema coral snake, the variable coral snake, and coral diastema in Spanish, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native  to southeastern Mexico and northern Central America. There are seven recognized subspecies.

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

## Photo

![Variable Coralsnake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/variable-coralsnake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jim · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/224020286

## Machine access

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